Is jose 3.16 vulnerable?

npm · 2 releases from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1 · latest jose is 6.2.15 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 2 known advisories

Yes. jose 3.16.1, the last 3.16 release, is affected by 2 known security advisories (2 medium), including CVE-2024-28176, CVE-2022-36083. Upgrade to 4.15.5 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install jose@4.15.5

Is your project affected?

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Advisories affecting jose 3.16.1

  • MediumCVE-2024-28176GHSA-hhhv-q57g-882q7 Mar 2024

    jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext

    Affected
    >=3.0.0 <4.15.5 · <2.0.7
    Fixed in
    2.0.7, 4.15.5
  • MediumCVE-2022-36083GHSA-jv3g-j58f-9mq916 Sept 2022

    JOSE vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE

    Affected
    >=1.0.0 <1.28.2 · >=2.0.0 <2.0.6 · >=3.0.0 <3.20.4 · >=4.0.0 <4.9.2
    Fixed in
    1.28.2, 2.0.6, 3.20.4, 4.9.2

Which of your client projects are still on jose 3.16?

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Other jose versions

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), which includes the GitHub Advisory Database. Release list from the npm registry. Refreshed daily.