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Description

jose_jwk:shared_secret/2 (exposed in Elixir as JOSE.JWK.shared_secret/2) derives an ECDH shared secret from two JWKs. Its first function clause only matches when both JWKs carry the same key type (kty) module, and its fallback clause re-invokes itself as shared_secret(from(YourJWK), from(MyJWK)). Because from/1 returns an already-parsed jose_jwk record unchanged, passing two JWKs whose key types differ (for example an EC key and an RSA key) makes the fallback clause re-enter with identical arguments, producing an unbounded tail-recursive loop that never returns and never crashes.

An application that derives a shared secret from an externally supplied peer public key without first checking that the peer key's type and curve match its own key can be driven into this loop by an attacker-controlled JWK, pinning an Erlang scheduler at 100% CPU. Repeated requests exhaust the available schedulers, resulting in a denial of service.

This issue affects jose: from 1.5.0 before 1.11.13.

Weaknesses & attack patterns

Weakness

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion in catalog → MITRE ↗

Attack patterns

CAPEC-130 · Excessive Allocation MITRE ↗

Affected — Hex / jose Hex.pm ↗ Repository ↗

≥ 1.5.0 < 1.11.13 affected
every other version: unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:potatosalad:jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
version type semver
modules · source files · routines
modules jose_jwk
source files src/jwk/jose_jwk.erl
routines jose_jwk:shared_secret/2

Affected — GitHub / potatosalad/erlang-jose Repository ↗

≥ 7b80b9f < 26182a7 affected
every other version: unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:potatosalad:jose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
version type git
modules · source files · routines
modules jose_jwk
source files src/jwk/jose_jwk.erl
routines jose_jwk:shared_secret/2

Workarounds

Before calling JOSE.JWK.shared_secret/2, verify that the externally supplied peer key's type (kty) and curve match your own key, and reject any key whose type does not match before attempting derivation.

References

Credits

Peter Ullrich Reporter
Andrew Bennett Remediation developer
Jonatan Männchen / EEF Analyst

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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