Uncaught Exception in go-jose - #VU147292
Published: September 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU147292
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling in CBC-HMAC decryption processing when decrypting untrusted ciphertext using affected CBC-HMAC content-encryption algorithms. A remote attacker can supply a crafted ciphertext to cause a denial of service.
The affected content-encryption algorithms are A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, and A256CBC_HS512.
Affected software
go-jose
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
go-jose - update to 4.1.5