CVE-2024-28176 (Medium) detected in jose-2.0.5.tgz

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CVE-2024-28176 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jose-2.0.5.tgz

JSON Web Almost Everything - JWA, JWS, JWE, JWK, JWT, JWKS for Node.js with minimal dependencies

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/jose/-/jose-2.0.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /tilt_modules/tilt_inspector/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tilt_modules/tilt_inspector/node_modules/jose/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• tilt-inspector-0.1.8.tgz (Root Library)
  • client-node-0.14.3.tgz
    • openid-client-4.7.5.tgz
      • ❌ jose-2.0.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 424849be6e8520ecc95b35e3f2623b7cd13f7629

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has
been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.

Publish Date: 2024-03-09

URL: CVE-2024-28176

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: High
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-hhhv-q57g-882q

Release Date: 2024-03-09

Fix Resolution: jose - 2.0.7,4.15.5, jose-node-cjs-runtime - 4.15.5, jose-node-esm-runtime - 4.15.5

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