CVE-2023-6681

MEDIUM EPSS 54.7%
Published Feb 12, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 12, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
54.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
latchsetjwcrypto* <1.5.1
fedoraprojectfedora38any
fedoraprojectfedora39any
redhatenterprise_linux8.0any
redhatenterprise_linux9.0any
redhatenterprise_linux_for_arm_648.0any
redhatenterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems8.0any
redhatenterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian8.0any

References 4

  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267
    Third Party Advisory
  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9281
  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681
    Third Party Advisory
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843
    Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.