# CVE-2026-89314: Quadratic-time key\_ops duplicate check lets a sub-1 MB JWKS body pin a CPU core for ~15 s

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108646, GHSA-R56W-F43C-828P
- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0-rc4
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Summary

This vulnerability affects software that parses JSON Web Key Sets (JWKS) and JSON Web Keys (JWK), where processing a specially crafted key document can tie up a CPU core for many seconds. The result is a denial-of-service risk, because a document under 1 MB can make the application unresponsive while it validates the keys.

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## Affected

- github.com/ThalesGroup/gose: from 0.7.3, through 0.13.0-rc1
- github.com/eclipse-keypont/gose: fixed in 1.0.0-rc4

## Description

`jwkFields.CheckConsistency` detected duplicate `key_ops` entries with a pairwise nested loop, making validation cost grow with the **square** of the entry count. Because the check runs on every JWK and JWKS unmarshal, a modestly sized but hostile JWKS document could occupy a CPU core for many seconds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/ThalesGroup/gose, github.com/eclipse-keypont/gose, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0-rc4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/eclipse-keypont/gose/security/advisories/GHSA-r56w-f43c-828p

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