Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting github.com/openpubkey/openpubkey/providers package, versions <0.10.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMOPENPUBKEYOPENPUBKEYPROVIDERS-10394170
  • published19 Jun 2025
  • disclosed13 May 2025
  • creditEthan Heilman

Introduced: 13 May 2025

CVE-2025-3757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/openpubkey/openpubkey/providers to version 0.10.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness due to the improper handling of JWS signature verification. An attacker can bypass security checks and authenticate using a specially crafted JWS without valid credentials.

Note:

CVE-2025-4658 is a duplicate of this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1