JOSE vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE - jose-browser-runtime

Description

The PBKDF2-based JWE key management algorithms expect a JOSE Header Parameter named p2c (PBES2 Count), which determines how many PBKDF2 iterations must be executed in order to derive a CEK wrapping key.

Recommendation

Update the jose-browser-runtime package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **>= 4.0.0, <= 4.9.1

  >= 3.0.0, <= 3.20.3**

• Patched version(s): **4.9.2

  3.20.4**

References

• GHSA-jv3g-j58f-9mq9
• CVE-2022-36083
• CWE-400
• CWE-834
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• JOSE vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE - CVE-2022-36083
• jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext - jose-node-esm-runtime - CVE-2024-28176

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