CVE-2024-33664
python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
CVE-2024-33664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1187
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
EUVD-2024-1187- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377
python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
GHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
CVE-2024-33664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
CVE-2024-33664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-33664
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377
python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
GHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-33664
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-33664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2025-1758845544 No score
TuxCare security update for python-jose (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt python-jose to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 3.3.0.post1+tuxcare.
- Record
CLSA-2025-1758845544- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:0149-1 No score
Security update for python-python-jose
This update for python-python-jose fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2024-33664: Fixed a denial of service via decoding of a JSON Web Encryption token with a high compression ratio (boo#1223422)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:0149-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13928-1 No score
python310-python-jose-3.3.0-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python310-python-jose-3.3.0-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13928-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2024-233 No score
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
- Record
PYSEC-2024-233- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
python-josePyPI |
before 3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
python-joseTuxCare:PyPI |
3.3.0 up to 3.3.0.post1+tuxcare | 3.3.0.post1+tuxcare |
python-joseDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3.0+dfsg-43.3.0+dfsg-5 |
None known |
python-josePyPI |
before 3.4.0, plus listed versions 0.1.00.1.10.1.20.1.30.1.4 Show 32 moreShow less0.1.50.1.60.1.70.1.80.2.00.3.00.4.00.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.5.40.5.50.5.60.6.10.6.20.7.01.0.01.1.01.2.01.3.01.3.11.3.21.4.02.0.02.0.12.0.23.0.03.0.13.1.03.2.03.3.0 |
3.4.0 |
python-joseUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3.0+dfsg-1 |
None known |
python-joseUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3.0+dfsg-4 |
None known |
python-python-joseSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 |
before 3.0.1-bp155.3.6.1 | 3.0.1-bp155.3.6.1 |
python-python-joseopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 |
before 3.0.1-bp155.3.6.1 | 3.0.1-bp155.3.6.1 |
python-cryptographyopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.3.0-3.1 | 3.3.0-3.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-33664 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Python-jose Project Python-jose, published April 25, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in python-jose 3.4.0.
References
github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33664
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-33664
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-33664
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33664
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UVCLFV5BBDGCEQHAF5JUYYFSZFDLN3GJ
bugzilla.suse.com/1223422
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-33664