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CVE-2016-9122

go-jose before 1.0.4 suffers from multiple signatures exploitation. The go-jose library supports messages with multiple signatures. However, when validating a signed message the API did not indicat...

Published: Mar 28, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-284
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Go JOSE Signature Validation Bypass

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v1
OSS Libraries
go-jose project
oss-projectaka go-jose
go-joseLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9122
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/square/go-jose/pull/111
github.com
https://github.com/square/go-jose/commit/2c5656adca9909843c4ff50acf1d2cf8f32da7e6
github.com
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