CVE-2017-12974

high

Published 2017-08-20 · Modified 2023-11-08

CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v2

5.0

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curve

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt	`<4.36`	`4.36`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.3`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.4`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.5`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.6`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.7`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.8`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.9`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.9.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.10`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.11`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`1.12`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.0.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.1.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.3`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.4`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.5`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.6`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.7`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.8`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.9`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.10`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.10.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.11.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.12.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.13.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.13.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.14`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.15`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.15.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.15.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.16`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.17`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.17.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.17.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.18`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.18.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.18.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.19`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.19.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.20`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.21`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.22`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.22.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.23`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.24`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.25`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.26`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`2.26.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.1.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.1.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.2.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.2.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.3`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.4`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.5`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.6`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.7`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.8`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.8.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.8.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.9`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.9.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.9.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`3.10`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.0`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.0.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.1.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.3`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.3.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.4`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.5`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.6`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.7`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.8`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.9`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.10`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.11`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.11.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.11.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.12`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.13`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.13.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.14`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.15`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.15.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.16`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.16.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.16.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.17`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.18`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.19`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.20`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.21`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.22`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.23`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.24`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.25`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.26`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.26.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.27`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.27.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.28`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.29`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.30`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.31`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.31.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.32`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.33`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.34`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.34.1`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.34.2`
connect2id	nimbus_jose\+jwt	`4.35`

References

CWEs

CWE-347

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.