# CVE-2026-89316: LoadPublicKey panics on kty/alg mismatch (kty=EC with a non-EC alg) via unchecked \*ECDSAOptions type assertion

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108648, GHSA-FV39-8484-F4WR
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/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 the library's function for loading public keys from JSON Web Key (JWK) data. Processing a key that declares an EC key type with a non-EC algorithm causes the software to crash, which can lead to denial of service.

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

## 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

`LoadPublicKey` resolved an EC key's curve with an unchecked type assertion, `algToOptsMap[alg].(*ECDSAOptions)`. A JWK declaring `"kty":"EC"` together with a non-EC `"alg"` — which RFC 7517 §4.4 permits — reaches that assertion and **panics**.

## 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-fv39-8484-f4wr

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