CVE-2025-53864: Nimbus JOSE + JWT is vulnerable to DoS attacks when processing deeply nested JSON

CVE-2025-53864 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-11

Nimbus JOSE + JWT is vulnerable to DoS attacks when processing deeply nested JSON

Technologies: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-53864 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53864 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-53864?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 11 July 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.38-rc1,fixed=10.0.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53864?
Yes. com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven): upgrade to 10.0.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-53864?
Check whether you run com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven): upgrade to 10.0.2 or later
    # set com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt to 10.0.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.38-rc1,fixed=10.0.2

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-53864
  • GHSA-xwmg-2g98-w7v9

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