In Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 9.37.2, an attacker can cause a denial of service…
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-770Published · 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 · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
In Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 9.37.2, an attacker can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large JWE p2c header value (aka iteration count) for the PasswordBasedDecrypter (PBKDF2) component.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00814 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven): 9.37.2Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 8 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) | before 9.37.2 | 9.37.2 | Patch available | GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 9.37.2 Fixed in 9.37.2 Patch available GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 9.37.2 | Vulnerable | Connect2id |
- cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.37.2 Vulnerable ·Connect2id
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) Fixed in 9.37.2 Advisory →
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2025:2416 Released 2025-03-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantStreams for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 release and security update
- Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.0
- RHSA-2024:8826 Released 2024-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.4 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- RHSA-2024:8823 Released 2024-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.4 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el8eap +47
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:8824 Released 2024-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.4 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.33.0-1.redhat_00015.1.el9eap +47
- RHSA-2024:8064 Released 2024-10-14 · Red Hat rating CriticalRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4.3 for Spring Boot security update.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.3 for Spring Boot
- RHSA-2024:6883 Released 2024-09-19 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.20.7 for Spring Boot security update.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 3.20.7 for Spring Boot
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8823 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8824 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8826 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 3.20.7 for Spring Boot | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6883 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.3 for Spring Boot | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8064 |
| Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2416 |
Not affected: 7 products
- Cryostat 3
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3
- Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2
- Red Hat build of Quarkus
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52428
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w
References
More Connect2id Nimbus Jose+jwt vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-12818 Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before v7.9 can throw various uncaught exceptions while… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09618 Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-09616 In Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.39, there is no integer-overflow check when converting length… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-09617 Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.39 proceeds improperly after detection of an invalid HMAC in… CVSS 3.0LOW 3.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-52428 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52428 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52428 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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