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GHSA-vvm8-gf78-28g4
github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3Summary
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.
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The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.
Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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