FKIE_CVE-2021-29446

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-16 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:47
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
jose-node-cjs-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`.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-rvcw-f68w-8h8hThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-node-cjs-runtimeProduct, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-rvcw-f68w-8h8hThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-node-cjs-runtimeProduct, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jose-node-cjs-runtime_project jose-node-cjs-runtime *
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