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CVE-2026-65628: jose_jwk:shared_secret/2 (exposed

Affects joseSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-65628· Medium 5.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:28 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10josepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =14-2build1
  • =14-2build2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • =14-2build1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 11-2 – 13-1
5 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • =10-3
  • =11-2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • =10-2build2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSjosepkg:deb/ubuntu/jose?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threatsAffected
  • =10-2
  • =10-2build1
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.

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