Vulnerability · Published Mar 19, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-50966
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the erlang-jose package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
erlang-jose (aka JOSE for Erlang and Elixir) through 1.11.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value in a JOSE header.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | erlang-jose | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Debian:13 | erlang-jose | 1.11.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Debian:14 | erlang-jose | 1.11.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | erlang-jose | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | erlang-jose | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | erlang-jose | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | erlang-jose | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50966 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | erlang-jose | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50966 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L