GHSA-VVM8-GF78-28G4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-28 21:14 – Updated: 2026-10-28 21:14
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Summary
Go JOSE: Panics in JSON parsing
Details

Summary

Parsing deeply nested JSON structures can hit Go's stack limit, causing the application to crash.

Note: this advisory is the same as https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-6mp9-8xrw-74r4.

Impact

Denial of service vulnerability. Any application that parses untrusted JSON via go-jose is exposed.

Workarounds

Reject large inputs before parsing them.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dohyun Kim (@azza999), Joshua Rogers of AISLE Research, and Sueun Cho for alerting us to the need to patch this.

Severity
6.9 (Medium)
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
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-26T22:16:55Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nParsing deeply nested JSON structures can hit Go\u0027s stack limit, causing the application to crash.\n\nNote: this advisory is the same as https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-6mp9-8xrw-74r4.\n\n### Impact\n\nDenial of service vulnerability. Any application that parses untrusted JSON via go-jose is exposed.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nReject large inputs before parsing them.\n\n### Acknowledgements\n\nThanks to Dohyun Kim (@azza999), Joshua Rogers of AISLE Research, and Sueun Cho for alerting us to the need to patch this.",
  "id": "GHSA-vvm8-gf78-28g4",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T21:14:08Z",
  "published": "2026-10-28T21:14:08Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  "summary": "Go JOSE: Panics in JSON parsing"
}



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