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CVE-2023-6681 Detail

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Description

A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: Red Hat, Inc.

Base Score: 5.3 MEDIUM

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

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9281	Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	Red Hat, Inc.

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/17/2026 2:51:13 AM

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Affected

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Initial Analysis by NIST 10/10/2024 10:32:07 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:latchset:jwcrypto::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.1
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38::::::: cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

New CVE Received from Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2024 9:15:08 AM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Description	A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.
Added	CVSS V3.1	Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Added	Reference	Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 [No types assigned]
Added	Reference	Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 [No types assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-6681
NVD Published Date:
02/12/2024
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2023-6681 Detail

Description

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 6/17/2026 2:51:13 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/17/2026 2:51:13 AM

CVE Modified by CVE 11/21/2024 3:44:20 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/12/2024 1:15:17 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 10/10/2024 10:32:07 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/22/2024 1:16:09 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/14/2024 10:35:29 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/18/2024 2:15:08 PM

New CVE Received from Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2024 9:15:08 AM

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