GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-675f-rq2r-jw82 JWK Set's HTTP client only overwrites and appends JWK to local cache during refresh

LOW Published 2025-01-09 Modified 2025-01-09 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-22149
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/MicahParks/jwkset
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-672
Reviewed
2025-01-09

Affected packages

• Go github.com/MicahParks/jwkset: >= 0.5.0, < 0.6.0 → fixed in 0.6.0

Description

Impact The project's provided HTTP client's local JWK Set cache should do a full replacement when the goroutine refreshes the remote JWK Set. The current behavior is to overwrite or append. This is a security issue for use cases that utilize the provided auto-caching HTTP client and where key removal from a JWK Set is equivalent to revocation. Example attack scenario: 1. An attacker has stolen the private key for a key published in JWK Set. 2. The publishers of that JWK Set remove that key from the JWK Set. 3. Enough time has passed that the program using the auto-caching HTTP client found in `github.com/MicahParks/jwkset` v0.5.0-v0.5.21 has elapsed its `HTTPClientStorageOptions.RefreshInterval` duration, causing a refresh of the remote JWK Set. 4. The attacker is signing content (such as JWTs) with the stolen private key and the system has no other forms of revocation. Patches The affected auto-caching HTTP client was added in version `v0.5.0` and fixed in `v0.6.0`. Upgrade to `v0.6.0` or later. Workarounds The only workaround would be to remove the provided auto-caching HTTP client and replace it with a custom implementation. This involves setting the `HTTPClientStorageOptions.RefreshInterval` to zero (or not specifying the value). Upgrade to `v0.6.0` is advised. References Please see the tracking issue on GitHub for additional details: https://github.com/MicahParks/jwkset/issues/40

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-22149 JWK Set (JSON Web Key Set) is a JWK and JWK Set Go implementation. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-672 Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release weakness

References