SCA: security update for github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 (GHSA-4w3g-jfj2-cw2q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477804

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Go JOSE provides an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards in Go,
including support for JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Signature (JWS), and JSON Web Token (JWT)
standards. Prior to 4.1.5, decrypting untrusted JWE ciphertext with A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, or
A256CBC-HS512 can pass an empty ciphertext buffer to CBC-HMAC unpadding. Insufficient validation allows
the empty buffer to be indexed, causing a panic and denial of service. Applications that decrypt attacker-
controlled ciphertext with one of these content-encryption algorithms are affected. This issue is fixed in
version 4.1.5. (CVE-2026-116585)

Solution

Update the github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 library and its related packages to version 4.1.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 477804

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116585

cwe: CWE-129

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