Vulnerability in Go-Jose

CVE-2024-28180

Package jose aims to provide an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards. An attacker could send a JWE containing compressed data that used large amounts of memory and CPU when decompressed by Decrypt or DecryptMulti. Those functions now return an error if the decompressed data would exceed 250kB or 10x the compressed size (whichever is larger). This vulnerability has been patched in versions 4.0.1, 3.0.3 and 2.6.3.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28180?
CVE-2024-28180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Go-Jose, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-28180?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28180 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.