CVE-2017-16007

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.91% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.05.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USCWE-200US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HackerOne node-jose node module≤ <0.9.3enisa_euvdEU
cisco node-jose< 0.9.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:node-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm node-jose< 0.9.3osvUSpkg:npm/node-jose

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-rvj9-8cvx-3vq9Invalid Curve Attack in node-jose2018-07-20ghsa · osvUS
Affected versions of `node-jose` are vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used. [Proof of Concept](https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae) ## Recommendation Update to version 0.9.3 or later.

also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-04modified 2026-06-17

references (15)

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