Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16007 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Node-Jose
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html
- http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html
- https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae
- https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae
- https://github.com/cisco/node-jose
- https://github.com/cisco/node-jose
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324