# CVE-2025-22868: Unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2

- Also known as: GO-2025-3488, GHSA-6V2P-P543-PHR9
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.27.0
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2025-02-26

## Affected

- golang.org/x/oauth2/jws: fixed in 0.27.0
- golang.org/x/oauth2 (Go): fixed in 0.27.0

## Description

An attacker can pass a malicious malformed token which causes unexpected memory to be consumed during parsing.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on golang.org/x/oauth2/jws, golang.org/x/oauth2, upgrade to a fixed version (0.27.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://go.dev/cl/652155
- https://go.dev/issue/71490
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3488

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