Padding Oracle Attack due to Observable Timing Discrepancy in jose-browser-runtime (panva jose)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.07 % · percentile 65 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
jose-browser-runtime is an npm package which provides a number of cryptographic functions. In versions prior to 3.11.4 the AES_CBC_HMAC_SHA2 Algorithm (A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, A256CBC-HS512) decryption would always execute both HMAC tag verification and CBC decryption, if either failed `JWEDecryptionFailed` would be thrown. But a possibly observable difference in timing when padding error would occur while decrypting the ciphertext makes a padding oracle and an adversary might be able to make use of that oracle to decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). A patch was released which ensures the HMAC tag is verified before performing CBC decryption. The fixed versions are `>=3.11.4`. Users should upgrade to `^3.11.4`.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-94hh-pjjg-rwmr — Padding Oracle Attack due to Observable Timing Discrepancy in jose-browser-runtime
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-0803
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-29444
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:jose-node-cjs-runtime_project:jose-node-cjs-runtime:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 3.11.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| panva · jose | affected < 3.11.4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |