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CVE-2024-28180

Go JOSE vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2024 at 12:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraGo JoseGo Jose

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
38 ≤ v ≤ 40
Go Jose· Go Jose Project
95%
v < 2.6.3v < 3.0.3v < 4.0.12.0.0 ≤ v < 2.6.33.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.34.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.1
Affected range stops below 2.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Go Jose· Go Josego
60%
v < 2.6.3v < 3.0.3v < 4.0.1
Affected range stops below 2.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (13)

x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/0dd4dd541c665fb292d664f77604ba694726f298
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/add6a284ea0f844fd6628cba637be5451fe4b28a
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/f4c051a0653d78199a053892f7619ebf96339502
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-c5q2-7r4c-mv6g
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GD2GSBQTBLYADASUBHHZV2CZPTSLIPQJ/
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6MMWFBOXJA6ZCXNVPDFJ4XMK5PVG5RG/
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IJ6LAJJ2FTA2JVVOACCV5RZTOIZLXUNJ/
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JNPMXL36YGS3GQEVI3Q5HKHJ7YAAQXL5/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-409

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