CVE-2021-29445

MEDIUM

jose-node-esm-runtime < 3.11.4 - Timing Side-Channel in AES_CBC_HMAC_SHA2 Decryption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

jose-node-esm-runtime is an npm package which provides a number of cryptographic functions. In versions prior to 3.11.4 the AES_CBC_HMAC_SHA2 Algorithm (A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, A256CBC-HS512) decryption would always execute both HMAC tag verification and CBC decryption, if either failed `JWEDecryptionFailed` would be thrown. But a possibly observable difference in timing when padding error would occur while decrypting the ciphertext makes a padding oracle and an adversary might be able to make use of that oracle to decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). A patch was released which ensures the HMAC tag is verified before performing CBC decryption. The fixed versions are `>=3.11.4`. Users should upgrade to `^3.11.4`.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-node-esm-runtime

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0124
EPSS Percentile 65.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-203
Status published
Products (2)
jose-node-cjs-runtime_project/jose-node-cjs-runtime < 3.11.4
npm/jose-node-esm-runtime 0 - 3.11.4npm
Published Apr 16, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026