6.5

CVE-2023-51775: jose4j_project jose4j Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:1507-1SUSE-SU-2024:1532-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51775
Published 25-12-2023Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-51775 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in jose4j_project jose4j. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
RHSA-2024:8075RHSA-2024:8076RHSA-2024:8077CGA-3468-XGJG-FWGGCGA-GW52-MJ78-8V54

Timeline

  1. 25-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.87% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bitbucket.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse30 products
  • cobbler&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 3.3.3-150400.5.42.5
  • image-sync-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 0.1.1711646883.4a44375-150400.3.18.4
  • inter-server-sync&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 0.3.3-150400.3.30.4
  • jose4j&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 0.5.1-150400.3.9.4
  • mgr-daemon&distro=SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.3< 4.3.9-150400.3.15.5
Chainguard3 products
  • confluent-common-docker< 7.6.9-r0
  • confluent-kafka< 8.2.0.367-r0
  • hadoop-fips-3.5< 3.5.0-r4
Wolfi2 products
  • confluent-common-docker< 7.6.9-r0
  • confluent-kafka< 8.2.0.367-r0
Debian1 product
  • libjose4j-java< 0.9.6-1
Jose4j_project1 product
Org.bitbucket.b_c1 product
  • jose4j< 0.9.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • libjose4j-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 39 products

References

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