CVE-2024-29370

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CVE Published:
17 December 2025

What is CVE-2024-29370?

In python-jose 3.3.0 (specifically jwe.decrypt), a vulnerability allows an attacker to 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.

References

https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2024-29370 : Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Python-JOSE by MPDavis