PT-2025-51835 · Pypi+2 · Python-Jose+2

Published 2024-03-11 · Updated 2026-02-09 · CVE-2024-29370

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions python-jose version 3.3.0

Description A flaw exists in the jwe.decrypt function of python-jose that can lead to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a very high compression ratio. Processing this token causes excessive memory usage and processing time during decompression, potentially disrupting service availability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-409

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-16345

CVE-2024-29370

PYSEC-2025-185

Affected Products

Debian

Red Os

Python-Jose

References · 11

• https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-16345 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2025-185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-29370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29370 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/uyazvimost-python-jose-cve-2024-29370-7.3/?sphrase_id=1455073 · Note
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/support/secure/uyazvimosti/uyazvimost-python-jose-cve-2024-29370-7.3 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2001350841513734390 · Twitter Post
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/support/secure/uyazvimosti-red-os-8-0/uyazvimost-python-jose-cve-2024-29370-8.0 · Note