7.5

CVE-2016-9122: go-jose_project go-jose Improper Access Control

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9122GHSA-77gc-fj98-665hGO-2022-0945
Published 28-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9122 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in go-jose_project go-jose. EPSS estimates a 1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.97%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

go-jose before 1.0.4 suffers from multiple signatures exploitation. The go-jose library supports messages with multiple signatures. However, when validating a signed message the API did not indicate which signature was valid, which could potentially lead to confusion. For example, users of the library might mistakenly read protected header values from an attached signature that was different from the one originally validated.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.97% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard2 products
  • harbor-2.14-photon-registryAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14.5-r1 | < 2.14.5-r2
  • harbor-fips-2.14-photon-registryAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14.5-r2 | < 2.14.5-r1
Debian1 product
  • golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v1< 1.0.5-1
Go-jose_project1 product
Gopkg.in/square1 product
  • go-jose.v1< 1.1.0

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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