GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-pfv2-37f7-9m6w Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT

HIGH Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2022-07-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-12974
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-347
Reviewed
2022-07-01

Affected packages

• Maven com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt: < 4.36 → fixed in 4.36

Description

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-12974 Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness

References