VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9121

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

go-jose before 1.0.4 suffers from an invalid curve attack for the ECDH-ES algorithm. When deriving a shared key using ECDH-ES for an encrypted message, go-jose neglected to check that the received public key on a message is on the same curve as the static private key of the receiver, thus making it vulnerable to an invalid curve attack.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength

Primary references