CVE catalog

CVE-2023-50966

erlang-jose: CVE-2023-50966

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium · CVSS 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.89% · Oct 27, 2026

erlang-jose (aka JOSE for Erlang and Elixir) through 1.11.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value in a JOSE header.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianerlang-josesid1.11.12-3fixed
Debianerlang-joseforky1.11.12-3fixed
Debianerlang-josetrixie1.11.10-1fixed
Debianerlang-josebookworm1.11.5-1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianerlang-josesourcesid1.11.10-1not yet assignedNot reported[1067456]
Debianerlang-josesourceforky1.11.10-1not yet assignedNot reported[1067456]
Debianerlang-josesourcetrixie1.11.10-1not yet assignedNot reported[1067456]
Debianerlang-josesourcebookworm(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1067456]

[Debian bug #1067456]

Notes

[bookworm] erlang-jose: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [erlang-jose]Affected
    Details (4)
    • 1.11.5-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · bookworm; dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 12

    • 1.11.5-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · bookworm; dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 12

    • 1.11.10-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · bookworm; dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 12

    • 1.11.10-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · bookworm; dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • Source package: [erlang-jose]

    Details (2)
    • 1.11.10-1+b1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.11.10-1

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 13

    • 1.11.10-1+b1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.11.10-1

      dsa · erlang-jose · debian · 13

Observed:

References