CVE-2024-33664 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00034.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Python-jose Project	Python-jose

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344
https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/pull/345
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33664
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33664
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664

History

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Python-jose Project Python-jose Project python-jose
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:python-jose_project:python-jose::::::::
Vendors & Products		Python-jose Project Python-jose Project python-jose

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-09-05T15:28:29.569946

Reserved: 2024-04-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-33664

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-19T07:47:43.796Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-26T00:15:09.060

Modified: 2025-09-02T18:36:30.130

Link: CVE-2024-33664

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-33664 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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