#VU105450 Resource exhaustion in go-jose - CVE-2025-27144

Vulnerability identifier: #VU105450

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27144

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
go-jose
Universal components / Libraries / Programming Languages & Components

Vendor: go-jose

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing JWS and JWE input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

go-jose: 3.0.0 - 3.0.3, 4.0.0 - 4.0.4

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External links
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/99b346cec4e86d102284642c5dcbe9bb0cacfc22
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/releases/tag/v4.0.5
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-c6gw-w398-hv78

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.