chore(deps): Update module github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 to v4.1.4 [SECURITY] [backport]

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Backport of #5982

This PR backports #5982 to release/v1.15.

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Description

This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4	v4.1.3 → v4.1.4

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GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

CVE-2026-34986

Impact

Decrypting a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object will panic if the alg field indicates a key wrapping algorithm (one ending in KW, with the exception of A128GCMKW, A192GCMKW, and A256GCMKW) and the encrypted_key field is empty. The panic happens when cipher.KeyUnwrap() in key_wrap.go attempts to allocate a slice with a zero or negative length based on the length of the encrypted_key.

This code path is reachable from ParseEncrypted() / ParseEncryptedJSON() / ParseEncryptedCompact() followed by Decrypt() on the resulting object. Note that the parse functions take a list of accepted key algorithms. If the accepted key algorithms do not include any key wrapping algorithms, parsing will fail and the application will be unaffected.

This panic is also reachable by calling cipher.KeyUnwrap() directly with any ciphertext parameter less than 16 bytes long, but calling this function directly is less common.

Panics can lead to denial of service.

Fixed In

4.1.4 and v3.0.5

Workarounds

If the list of keyAlgorithms passed to ParseEncrypted() / ParseEncryptedJSON() / ParseEncryptedCompact() does not include key wrapping algorithms (those ending in KW), your application is unaffected.

If your application uses key wrapping, you can prevalidate to the JWE objects to ensure the encrypted_key field is nonempty. If your application accepts JWE Compact Serialization, apply that validation to the corresponding field of that serialization (the data between the first and second .).

Thanks

Go JOSE thanks Datadog's Security team for finding this issue.

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Go JOSE Panics in JWE decryption

CVE-2026-34986 / GHSA-78h2-9frx-2jm8

More information

Details

Impact

Decrypting a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object will panic if the alg field indicates a key wrapping algorithm (one ending in KW, with the exception of A128GCMKW, A192GCMKW, and A256GCMKW) and the encrypted_key field is empty. The panic happens when cipher.KeyUnwrap() in key_wrap.go attempts to allocate a slice with a zero or negative length based on the length of the encrypted_key.

This code path is reachable from ParseEncrypted() / ParseEncryptedJSON() / ParseEncryptedCompact() followed by Decrypt() on the resulting object. Note that the parse functions take a list of accepted key algorithms. If the accepted key algorithms do not include any key wrapping algorithms, parsing will fail and the application will be unaffected.

This panic is also reachable by calling cipher.KeyUnwrap() directly with any ciphertext parameter less than 16 bytes long, but calling this function directly is less common.

Panics can lead to denial of service.

Fixed In

4.1.4 and v3.0.5

Workarounds

If the list of keyAlgorithms passed to ParseEncrypted() / ParseEncryptedJSON() / ParseEncryptedCompact() does not include key wrapping algorithms (those ending in KW), your application is unaffected.

If your application uses key wrapping, you can prevalidate to the JWE objects to ensure the encrypted_key field is nonempty. If your application accepts JWE Compact Serialization, apply that validation to the corresponding field of that serialization (the data between the first and second .).

Thanks

Go JOSE thanks Datadog's Security team for finding this issue.

Severity

• CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
• Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

• https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-78h2-9frx-2jm8
• https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose
• https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4#pkg-constants

This data is provided by OSV and the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).

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Release Notes

go-jose/go-jose (github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4)

v4.1.4

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🔍 Dependency Review

github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 -> v4.1.4 — ✅ Safe

• Scope: Indirect dependency updated in root module, collector/, and extension/alloyengine/.
• Summary: v4.1.4 is a patch release. Based on the project’s releases/changelog and diff between v4.1.3 and v4.1.4, there are no public API changes. No code changes are required in this repository.

Potential behavioral notes:

• Patch releases in JOSE libraries sometimes tighten spec compliance or validation paths. If any existing flows depend on non-spec-compliant JOSE objects being accepted, they may now fail verification/decryption. This does not require code changes but is worth validating in tests.

Code changes required: none.

References:

• Releases: https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/releases
• Compare: go-jose/go-jose@v4.1.3...v4.1.4
• Module: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4

Notes

• This PR updates a single indirect dependency (github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4) from v4.1.3 to v4.1.4 across multiple modules. No other module changes were assessed.