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CVE-2024-28176

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published: Mar 09, 2024 | Modified: Dec 05, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28176
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

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 users 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.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JoseJose_project*2.0.7 (excluding)
JoseJose_project3.0.0 (including)4.15.5 (excluding)
Multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8RedHatmulticluster-engine/console-mce-rhel8:v2.4.5-25*
Multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8RedHatmulticluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel8:v2.4.5-25*
Multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9RedHatmulticluster-engine/console-mce-rhel9:v2.5.2-6*
Multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9RedHatmulticluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel9:v2.5.2-6*
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9RedHatrhacm2/console-rhel9:v2.10.1-3*
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.9 for RHEL 8RedHatrhacm2/console-rhel8:v2.9.4-22*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020240610105040.afee755d*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatjose-0:10-2.el8_10.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatpodman-4:4.9.4-4.el9_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatbuildah-2:1.33.7-2.el9_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatjose-0:14-1.el9*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16RedHatpodman-4:4.9.4-5.1.rhaos4.16.el8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16RedHatskopeo-2:1.14.4-1.rhaos4.16.el9*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16RedHatopenshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9:v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.gca2b36a.assembly.stream.el9*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16RedHatopenshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.g1432fe0.assembly.stream.el9*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8:2.6.0-7*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8:2.6.0-21*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8:2.6.0-7*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator:2.6.0-27*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/kiali-ossmc-rhel8:1.73.10-3*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8:1.73.9-2*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8-operator:1.73.10-2*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8:2.6.0-19*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8:2.6.0-8*
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 9RedHatopenshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9:2.6.0-18*
RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9RedHatodf4/cephcsi-rhel9:v4.16.0-33*
RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9RedHatodf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator:v4.16.2-2*
RHODF-4.17-RHEL-9RedHatodf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator:v4.17.0-17*
Node-joseUbuntumantic*
Node-joseUbuntuoracular*
Node-joseUbuntuplucky*

Potential Mitigations

  • Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

  • The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

  • The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

References

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