7.5

CVE-2024-29371: jose4j_project jose4j

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2026:1010-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29371DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29371
Published 17-12-2025Last modified 23-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-29371 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in jose4j_project jose4j. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
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 5
RHSA-2024:5479RHSA-2024:5481RHSA-2026:33371CGA-23CC-93GV-875JCGA-5HVW-2376-3QWPCGA-7WX6-QMQ7-WVGP

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In jose4j before 0.9.6, an attacker can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. When this token is processed by the server, it results in significant memory allocation and processing time during decompression.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% 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, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse56 products
  • suse-manager-5.0-aarch64-proxy-httpd-image&distro=SUSE Manager Proxy 5.0< 5.0.7-7.30.13
  • suse-manager-5.0-aarch64-proxy-httpd-image&distro=SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server Extension 5.0< 5.0.7-7.30.13
  • suse-manager-5.0-aarch64-proxy-salt-broker-image&distro=SUSE Manager Proxy 5.0< 5.0.7-7.32.15
  • suse-manager-5.0-aarch64-proxy-salt-broker-image&distro=SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server Extension 5.0< 5.0.7-7.32.15
  • suse-manager-5.0-aarch64-proxy-squid-image&distro=SUSE Manager Proxy 5.0< 5.0.7-7.30.6
Chainguard25 products
  • apache-pulsar< 4.1.2-r2
  • apache-pulsar-compat< 4.1.2-r2
  • confluent-common-docker< 7.6.9-r1
  • hadoop-fips-3.3.6< 3.3.6-r18 | < 3.3.6-r19
  • hadoop-fips-3.4.2All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi16 products
  • apache-pulsar< 4.1.2-r2
  • apache-pulsar-compat< 4.1.2-r2
  • confluent-common-docker< 7.6.9-r1
  • kafka_exporter-strimzi-compat< 0.49.1-r1
  • kafka-strimzi-compat< 0.49.1-r1
Debian1 product
  • libjose4j-java< 0.9.6-1
Jose4j_project1 product
Org.bitbucket.b_c1 product
  • jose4j< 0.9.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • libjose4j-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 101 products

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