CVE-2024-33664
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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.
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affected products (5)
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- python-jose project python-jose≤ 3.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python-jose_project:python-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
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- GHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content2024-04-26ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2024-2332024-04-26vendor · osvUS
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.
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-33664cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-33664/cnnvd
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344cnnvd
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/pull/345cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33664cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/python-jose-overload-via-JSON-Web-Encryption-44439cnnvd
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664cnnvd
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