CVE-2025-22868
Description
A flaw was found in the golang.org/x/oauth2/jws package in the token parsing component. This vulnerability is made possible because of the use of strings.Split(token, ".") to split JWT tokens, which can lead to excessive memory consumption when processing maliciously crafted tokens with a large number of . characters. An attacker could exploit this functionality by sending numerous malformed tokens and can trigger memory exhaustion and a Denial of Service.
Mitigation
To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to pre-validate any payloads passed to `go-jose` to check that they do not contain an excessive amount of `.` characters.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 | N/A | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None | N/A | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | None |
| Availability Impact | High | N/A | High |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Other
Technical Impact: Varies by Context
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank jub0bs for reporting this issue.
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