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.
This vulnerability affects an unusually large number of packages. The highest-confidence fixes are shown above; the full list is longer. Check the referenced advisories for complete coverage.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploit Intelligence
1.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days
80thpercentile
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.
Published advisories record a fix for 178 affected products. The "How to fix" section on this page lists the fixed version and source advisory for each one, so apply the entry matching what you actually run.
Is CVE-2024-28180 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2024-28180 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2024-28180?
CVE-2024-28180 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2024-28180 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for golang-github-go-jose-go-jose (Debian), golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2 (Debian), aardvark-dns-2:1.10.0 (Red Hat / RHEL), aardvark-dns-2:1.10.0 (Rocky), and 174 more. The list on this page is capped, so there may be more.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-03.