CVE-2017-12974

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-08-20

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-347

Affected products

• Nimbus Jose+jwt (Connect2id)

References

• https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2f
• https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curve
• https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache…