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SCA: security update for github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx, github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 (GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415793

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - JWX is Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies.
 This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS)
 condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression
 ratio. This issue has been patched in versions 1.2.29 and 2.0.21. (CVE-2024-28122)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415793

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28122

cwe: CWE-400