Is CVE-2024-28122 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-28122 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-28122?

CVE-2024-28122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-28122?

CVE-2024-28122 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-28122?

Upgrade jwx to 2.0.21 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-28122

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

JWX is Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. This issue has been patched in versions 1.2.29 and 2.0.21.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

jwxNVD

Affected:>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.21Fixed in:2.0.21CVE-2024-28122derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Release Notes2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2024-28122

Markdown

[![CVE-2024-28122](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-28122.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-28122)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-28122"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-28122.svg" alt="CVE-2024-28122"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-05.