CVE-2024-28180 | Go JOSE vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Package jose aims to provide an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards. An attacker could send a JWE containing compressed data that used large amounts of memory and CPU when decompressed by Decrypt or DecryptMulti. Those functions now return an error if the decompressed data would exceed 250kB or 10x the compressed size (whichever is larger). This vulnerability has been patched in versions 4.0.1, 3.0.3 and 2.6.3.

Published: 2024-03-08 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-28180 is rated Moderate Risk (41.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-28180

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.86% 1.96% -2.90%
2 2026-06-06 4.99% 4.86% -0.13%
3 2026-05-24 4.99%

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-28180

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-28180

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-28180

GHSA-c5q2-7r4c-mv6g · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Go JOSE vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-28180

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2024-28180: 1 source package rows (buildah); 4 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 4, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-28180
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-28180 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (golang-github-go-jose-go-jose, golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2), 8 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28180
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28180
suse medium CVE-2024-28180 severity moderate: SUSE including 199 source package names (15.2.9.8.23:libgpg-error0-1.29-150000.3.3.1, aardvark-dns-1.10.0-1.module+el8.10.0+21962+8143777b, …), 966 product×package rows across 290 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sle15, … (290 product lines)): Fixed 503, Known Not Affected 463. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28180/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-28180 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-github-go-jose-go-jose), 7 status rows across 7 suites (focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream): DNE 3, not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28180

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-28180

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
go-jose_project go-jose >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:go-jose_project:go-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
go-jose_project go-jose >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:go-jose_project:go-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
go-jose_project go-jose >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:go-jose_project:go-jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora >= 38, <= 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-28180

URL Tags
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/0dd4dd541c665fb292d664f77604ba694726f298 Patch
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/add6a284ea0f844fd6628cba637be5451fe4b28a Patch
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/commit/f4c051a0653d78199a053892f7619ebf96339502 Patch
https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-c5q2-7r4c-mv6g Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GD2GSBQTBLYADASUBHHZV2CZPTSLIPQJ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6MMWFBOXJA6ZCXNVPDFJ4XMK5PVG5RG/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IJ6LAJJ2FTA2JVVOACCV5RZTOIZLXUNJ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JNPMXL36YGS3GQEVI3Q5HKHJ7YAAQXL5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KXKGNCRU7OTM5AHC7YIYBNOWI742PRMY/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MSOMHDKRPU3A2JEMRODT2IREDFBLVPGS/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UG5FSEYJ3GP27FZXC5YAAMMEC5XWKJHG/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJO2U5ACZVACNQXJ5EBRFLFW6DP5BROY/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJDO5VSIAOGT2WP63AXAAWNRSVJCNCRH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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