CVE-2023-6681

Aliases:GHSA-cw2r-4p82-qv79PYSEC-2024-104
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 12 Feb 2024, 14:04
Last modified:26 Feb 2026, 20:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Feb 2024, 14:04
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
26 Feb 2026, 20:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 9%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    38 | 39

  • latchset•jwcrypto

    < 1.5.1

  • PyPI•jwcrypto

    < 1.5.1

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_for_arm_64

    8.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems

    8.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian

    8.0

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