GHSA-c5q2-7r4c-mv6g: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 (CVE-2024-28180)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4	Go	<4.0.1	4.0.1
github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3	Go	<3.0.3	3.0.3
gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2	Go	<2.6.3	2.6.3
gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2	Go	<=2.6.0	No fixed version yet

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Go JOSE (github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 before 4.0.1, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 before 3.0.3, and gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 before 2.6.3) can be made to use large amounts of memory and CPU when decrypting a JWE with highly compressed data. An attacker who can send a crafted JWE to a Decrypt or DecryptMulti call can trigger this. Upgrade to 4.0.1, 3.0.3, or 2.6.3 to get the fix, which returns an error when decompressed data is too large. gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 (2.6.0 and earlier) has no fixed version listed because the package is archived.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (GitHub_M)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.020, the 80th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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