CVE catalog
CVE-2023-6681
python-jwcrypto: CVE-2023-6681
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.88% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | sid | 1.5.6-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | forky | 1.5.6-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | trixie | 1.5.6-1.1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | bookworm | 1.1.0-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | source | sid | 1.5.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | source | forky | 1.5.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | source | trixie | 1.5.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-jwcrypto | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] python-jwcrypto: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2024_9281.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6681]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6681]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-6681.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-3409.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]