[GHSA-xwmg-2g98-w7v9] Nimbus JOSE + JWT is vulnerable to DoS attacks when processing deeply nested JSON #5983
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Pull Request Overview
This PR updates a GitHub security advisory (GHSA-xwmg-2g98-w7v9) for the Nimbus JOSE + JWT library to reflect that a CVE-2025-53864 fix was backported to the 9.37.x branch while other 9.x versions remain vulnerable.
- Updates the modified timestamp to reflect the latest changes
- Adds vulnerability information for the 9.37.x branch with fix version 9.37.4
- Adds an open-ended vulnerable range starting from version 9.38.0
| "type": "ECOSYSTEM", | ||
| "events": [ | ||
| { | ||
| "introduced": "9.38.0" |
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The vulnerable range starting from 9.38.0 is missing an upper bound or 'fixed' event. This creates an open-ended vulnerability range that should either include a 'fixed' version or explicitly indicate if no fix is available yet.
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| "introduced": "9.38.0" | |
| "introduced": "9.38.0" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "fixed": "10.0.2" |
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The fix was backported to 9.37.x branch but other versions in 9.x series remain vulnerable.
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/593/back-port-cve-2025-53864-fix-to-9x-branch
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f7fb882cc08f027c9ceb874acec3b51c6222861c