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SCA: security update for com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (GHSA-2qp9-wg27-9pcv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409050

Description

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

 - In Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.39, there is no integer-overflow check when converting length values from
 bytes to bits, which allows attackers to conduct HMAC bypass attacks by shifting Additional Authenticated
 Data (AAD) and ciphertext so that different plaintext is obtained for the same HMAC. (CVE-2017-12972)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qp9-wg27-9pcv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409050

Version: Revision 1.4

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

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12972

cwe: CWE-345