CVE-2026-65626 Affecting erlang-jose package, versions *
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- published28 Oct 2026
- disclosed26 Oct 2026
Introduced: 26 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-65626 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:13 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
The pure-Erlang RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 decryption in the jose_jwa_pkcs1 module is a Bleichenbacher padding oracle. eme_pkcs1_decode/2 returns the recovered message when a decrypted block has valid PKCS#1 v1.5 padding (a leading 0x00 0x02, a padding string of at least eight non-zero bytes, and a 0x00 separator) and returns a distinct error result otherwise, and rsaes_pkcs1_decrypt/2 additionally returns {error, {badsize, _}} when the length check fails. The implementation applies no implicit-rejection countermeasure (RFC 8017 §7.2.2): it does not substitute a deterministic pseudo-random plaintext on a padding failure, so a one-bit padding-conformance signal leaks to the caller. Because the underlying modular exponentiation in dp/2 is a raw, non-blinded crypto:mod_pow/3, the padding check also stays distinguishable by timing even when an application normalizes every failure to a single error value.
An unauthenticated attacker who knows only the public RSA key and can submit ciphertexts to a decryption endpoint that unwraps RSA1_5 JWE keys (or otherwise calls decrypt_private/3 with rsa_pkcs1_padding) can use this oracle to recover the plaintext of intercepted ciphertexts, such as content-encryption keys and thus the protected message, or to forge signatures, through roughly 10^4 to 10^6 adaptive chosen-ciphertext queries.
This issue affects jose: from 1.3.0 before 1.11.13.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-65626
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65626.html
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/0eac8cef9aaa48fb6846f4e47a0002dc4a73966d
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/853c5d4c4c0bd2a7ecb055b237f4284184e176c8
- https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-vwvr-f994-6j9j
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65626