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SCA: security update for python-jose (GHSA-h4pw-wxh7-4vjj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436432

Description

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

 - In python-jose 3.3.0 (specifically jwe.decrypt), a vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a Denial-of-
 Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high
 compression ratio. When this token is processed by the server, it results in significant memory allocation
 and processing time during decompression. (CVE-2024-29370)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4pw-wxh7-4vjj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436432

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/18/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29370

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: 12/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29370

cwe: CWE-409