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CVE-2017-12972
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-345
Description
In Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.39, there is no integer-overflow check when converting length values from bytes to bits, which allows attackers to conduct HMAC bypass attacks by shifting Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) and ciphertext so that different plaintext is obtained for the same HMAC.
Affected products
- Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+121)
References
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/0d2bd649ea386539220d4facfe1f65eb1dadb86c
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/224/byte-to-bit-overflow-in-cbc
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/0d2bd649ea386539220d4facfe1f65eb1dadb86c
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/224/byte-to-bit-overflow-in-cbc
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
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