SCA: security update for python-jose (GHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421404

Description

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

- python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a
decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This
is similar to CVE-2024-21319. (CVE-2024-33664)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421404

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-33664

cwe: CWE-400