{"cve":"CVE-2023-6681","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-12T14:15:08.003","modified":"2026-06-17T06:51:13.943","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9281","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","latchset:jwcrypto","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64","redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems","redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-6681","score":0.00884,"percentile":0.59221,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cw2r-4p82-qv79","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cw2r-4p82-qv79","summary":"DoS with algorithms that use PBKDF2 due to unbounded PBES2 Count value","modified":"2024-11-12T19:15:29.552255Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"jwcrypto","purl":"pkg:pypi/jwcrypto","ranges":["<1.5.1"],"fixed":["1.5.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2024-104","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2024-104","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:01:21.878459355Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"jwcrypto","purl":"pkg:pypi/jwcrypto","ranges":["<1.5.1"],"fixed":["1.5.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}