CVE-2017-16007

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 4, 2018
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Oct 29, 2017

Description

node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-200 Information Disclosure (CWE-200)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
node-jose node moduleHackerOne	<0.9.3Affected

References

https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324
http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html
https://github.com/cisco/node-jose

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