CVE-2017-12974

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-347

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2fThird Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curvePatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2fThird Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curvePatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

Timeline

Published: Aug 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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