CVE-2026-65628: jose_jwk:shared_secret/2 (exposed
Affects joseSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:28 UTC
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 26.10josepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=focalOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
jose_jwk:shared_secret/2 (exposed in Elixir as JOSE.JWK.shared_secret/2) derives an ECDH shared secret from two JWKs. Its first function clause only matches when both JWKs carry the same key type (kty) module, and its fallback clause re-invokes itself as shared_secret(from(YourJWK), from(MyJWK)). Because from/1 returns an already-parsed jose_jwk record unchanged, passing two JWKs whose key types differ (for example an EC key and an RSA key) makes the fallback clause re-enter with identical arguments, producing an unbounded tail-recursive loop that never returns and never crashes. An application that derives a shared secret from an externally supplied peer public key without first checking that the peer key's type and curve match its own key can be driven into this loop by an attacker-controlled JWK, pinning an Erlang scheduler at 100% CPU. Repeated requests exhaust the available schedulers, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects jose: from 1.5.0 before 1.11.13.
References
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-65628 (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65628 (opens in a new tab)
- cna.erlef.org/cves/cve-2026-65628.html (opens in a new tab)
- github.com (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/26182a7de63b91550035d3f08741f7d17f1f675a (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/7b80b9f55b9898e1a6901ce136061b241b021d7c (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/ghsa-fpj2-9h59-32pp (opens in a new tab)
- hex.pm/packages/jose (opens in a new tab)
- repo.hex.pm (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/cveproject/cvelistv5/tree/main/cves/2026/65xxx/cve-2026-65628.json (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-65628 (opens in a new tab)
- osv.dev/vulnerability/eef-cve-2026-65628 (opens in a new tab)