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FKIE_CVE-2016-9121

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-28 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55

Severity

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

go-jose before 1.0.4 suffers from an invalid curve attack for the ECDH-ES algorithm. When deriving a shared key using ECDH-ES for an encrypted message, go-jose neglected to check that the received public key on a message is on the same curve as the static private key of the receiver, thus making it vulnerable to an invalid curve attack.

References

URL	Tags
support@hackerone.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/1	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.com	https://github.com/square/go-jose/commit/c7581939a3656bb65e89d64da0a52364a33d2507	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.com	https://hackerone.com/reports/164590	Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/1	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/square/go-jose/commit/c7581939a3656bb65e89d64da0a52364a33d2507	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://hackerone.com/reports/164590	Permissions Required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	go-jose_project	go-jose	*

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CVE-2016-9121 (GCVE-0-2016-9121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-28 02:46 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Cryptographic Issue

Assigner

hackerone mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/square/go-jose/commit/c7581939…	x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/164590	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/1	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Go JOSE All versions before 1.0.4	Affected: Go JOSE All versions before 1.0.4

Date Public

2017-03-27 00:00

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