jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.
CVE-2024-28176
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.1% (81st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.9
- EG Score
- 4.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 23EG Risk 23/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity49% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 2.1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 81st
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
March 9, 2024
Last Modified
December 5, 2025
References (16)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/panva/jose/commit/02a65794f7873cdaf12e81e80ad076fcdc4a9314
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/panva/jose/commit/1b91d88d2f8233f3477a5f4579aa5f8057b2ee8b
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-hhhv-q57g-882q
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6MMWFBOXJA6ZCXNVPDFJ4XMK5PVG5RG/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KXKGNCRU7OTM5AHC7YIYBNOWI742PRMY/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UG5FSEYJ3GP27FZXC5YAAMMEC5XWKJHG/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJO2U5ACZVACNQXJ5EBRFLFW6DP5BROY/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJDO5VSIAOGT2WP63AXAAWNRSVJCNCRH/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/panva/jose/commit/02a65794f7873cdaf12e81e80ad076fcdc4a9314
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/panva/jose/commit/1b91d88d2f8233f3477a5f4579aa5f8057b2ee8b
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-hhhv-q57g-882q
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6MMWFBOXJA6ZCXNVPDFJ4XMK5PVG5RG/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KXKGNCRU7OTM5AHC7YIYBNOWI742PRMY/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UG5FSEYJ3GP27FZXC5YAAMMEC5XWKJHG/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJO2U5ACZVACNQXJ5EBRFLFW6DP5BROY/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-28176(16)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHBA-2025:1772Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Updated 7.1 container image is now available in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog
- RHSA-2024:9181Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: jose security update
- RHSA-2024:8676Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.17.0 Security, Enhancement, & Bug Fix Update
- RHSA-2024:6755Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.16.2 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2024:5294Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: jose security update
- RHSA-2024:5094Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers for 2.6.0 security update
- RHSA-2024:4591Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.16.0 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2024:0045Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.0 security update
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Patch Availability(15)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| jose | — |
| — |
| jose-node-cjs-runtime | — |
| — |
| jose-node-esm-runtime | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Related CVEs(same product + same vendor + same CWE)
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4 shownnpm:jose · npm:jose-node-cjs-runtime · npm:jose-node-esm-runtime
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10 shownredhat:RHSA-2024:0041 · redhat:RHBA-2024:1775 · redhat:RHSA-2024:0045
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