# CVE-2026-116586: Go JOSE: Panics in JSON parsing

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-110466, GHSA-VVM8-GF78-28G4
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.5
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Go JOSE, a Go library for JSON Web Encryption, Signature, and Token standards, is affected by this vulnerability. Attackers can send deeply nested JSON to applications that parse untrusted input with the library, causing a crash that results in denial of service.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- go-jose: fixed in 4.1.5
- github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.1.5
- github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 (Go): through 3.0.5

## Description

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, parsing attacker-controlled JSON through go-jose allows deeply nested arrays or objects to exceed Go's stack limit. The resulting stack overflow crashes the application and permits denial of service in applications that parse untrusted JSON through go-jose. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-jose, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-vvm8-gf78-28g4
- https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/pull/290
- https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/a31af25836222f4c45d366d6e8f9b1049dd9935a
- https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/releases/tag/v4.1.5

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