CVE-2026-65628 Affecting erlang-jose package, versions *
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- published28 Oct 2026
- disclosed26 Oct 2026
Introduced: 26 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-65628 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12 erlang-jose.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream erlang-jose package and not the erlang-jose package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
jose_jwk:shared_secret/2 (exposed in Elixir as JOSE.JWK.shared_secret/2) derives an ECDH shared secret from two JWKs. Its first function clause only matches when both JWKs carry the same key type (kty) module, and its fallback clause re-invokes itself as shared_secret(from(YourJWK), from(MyJWK)). Because from/1 returns an already-parsed jose_jwk record unchanged, passing two JWKs whose key types differ (for example an EC key and an RSA key) makes the fallback clause re-enter with identical arguments, producing an unbounded tail-recursive loop that never returns and never crashes.
An application that derives a shared secret from an externally supplied peer public key without first checking that the peer key's type and curve match its own key can be driven into this loop by an attacker-controlled JWK, pinning an Erlang scheduler at 100% CPU. Repeated requests exhaust the available schedulers, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue affects jose: from 1.5.0 before 1.11.13.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-65628
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65628.html
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/26182a7de63b91550035d3f08741f7d17f1f675a
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/7b80b9f55b9898e1a6901ce136061b241b021d7c
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-fpj2-9h59-32pp
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65628