CVE-2017-16007: Cisco Node-Jose

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Affected products

• Cisco Node-Jose: before 0.9.3 (fixed in 0.9.3)

Published 2018-06-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.