CVE-2026-65628

NameCVE-2026-65628
Descriptionjose_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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1152299

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
erlang-jose (PTS)bookworm1.11.5-1vulnerable
trixie1.11.10-1vulnerable
forky, sid1.11.12-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
erlang-josesource(unstable)(unfixed)1152299

Notes

https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-fpj2-9h59-32pp
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65628.html
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65628
Introduced with: https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/7b80b9f55b9898e1a6901ce136061b241b021d7c (1.5.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/26182a7de63b91550035d3f08741f7d17f1f675a (1.11.13)

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