Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in jose4j by Bouncy Castle
CVE-2024-29371

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Bouncy Castle

Status
jose4j
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2025

What is CVE-2024-29371?

The vulnerability in jose4j allows attackers to create a Denial-of-Service condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token. The crafted token exploits the processing of data, leading to excessive memory allocation and significant delays during decompression. This issue can disrupt the service by overwhelming server resources, potentially leading to outages or degraded performance.

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References

https://bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/issues/220/vuln-zip-bomb...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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