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TI-2023-27857 Aliases CVE-2023-50966GHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68

erlang-jose (aka JOSE for Erlang and Elixir) through 1.11.6 allow attackers to cause a…

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

erlang-jose (aka JOSE for Erlang and Elixir) through 1.11.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value in a JOSE header.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00887 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed jose (Hex): 1.11.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—jose (Hex)before 1.11.71.11.7Patch availableGHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • jose (Hex) Vendor— Affected before 1.11.7 Fixed in 1.11.7 Patch available GHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:potatosalad:erlang-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——potatosalad
  • cpe:2.3:a:potatosalad:erlang-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·potatosalad

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68 jose (Hex) Fixed in 1.11.7 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-50966
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

Sources

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