Description
Go JOSE provides an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards in Go, including support for JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Signature (JWS), and JSON Web Token (JWT) standards. Prior to 4.1.5, decrypting untrusted JWE ciphertext with A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, or A256CBC-HS512 can pass an empty ciphertext buffer to CBC-HMAC unpadding. Insufficient validation allows the empty buffer to be indexed, causing a panic and denial of service. Applications that decrypt attacker-controlled ciphertext with one of these content-encryption algorithms are affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.5.
Published: 2026-10-26
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4w3g-jfj2-cw2q Go JOSE: Panic during CBC-HMAC processing
History

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0100

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Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0100

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First Time appeared Go-jose
Go-jose go-jose
Vendors & Products Go-jose
Go-jose go-jose

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0100

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Description Go JOSE provides an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards in Go, including support for JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Signature (JWS), and JSON Web Token (JWT) standards. Prior to 4.1.5, decrypting untrusted JWE ciphertext with A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, or A256CBC-HS512 can pass an empty ciphertext buffer to CBC-HMAC unpadding. Insufficient validation allows the empty buffer to be indexed, causing a panic and denial of service. Applications that decrypt attacker-controlled ciphertext with one of these content-encryption algorithms are affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.5.
Title Go JOSE: Panic during CBC-HMAC processing
Weaknesses CWE-129
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-31T01:52:17.352Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T15:03:39.036Z

Link: CVE-2026-116585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-31T01:52:12.828Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-26T22:16:54.910

Modified: 2026-10-31T02:17:33.130

Link: CVE-2026-116585

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-26T21:06:35Z

Links: CVE-2026-116585 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T15:30:16Z

Weaknesses