CVE-2023-51775: jose4j denial of service via specifically crafted JWE

February 29, 2024 (updated November 4, 2025)

The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.

References

bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/commits/1afaa1e174b3
bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/issues/212
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qvw-249j-h44c
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51775
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002

Code Behaviors & Features

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