CVE-2021-29444
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-16 21:45
Modified
2024-08-03 22:02
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Padding Oracle Attack due to Observable Timing Discrepancy in jose-browser-runtime
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-94hh-pjjg-rwmrThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-browser-runtimeProduct, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
panvajose
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