Is CVE-2023-6681 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-6681 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-6681?

CVE-2023-6681 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

How do I patch CVE-2023-6681?

Patch guidance is available from latchset security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-6681.

CVE-2023-6681 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2023-6681?

8 products: latchset jwcrypto, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, and 3 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low
Weaknesses: CWE-400

Metadata

Primary Vendor: LATCHSET
Published: 2/12/2024
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

latchset : jwcryptofedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linux_for_arm_64redhat : enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsredhat : enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2023-6681. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2023-6681

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CVE-2023-6681 vulnerability