High severity · published Mar 21, 2025
CVE-2025-30204
jwt-go allows excessive memory allocation during header parsing
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
golang-jwt is a Go implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Starting in version 3.2.0 and prior to versions 5.2.2 and 4.5.2, the function parse.ParseUnverified splits (via a call to strings.Split) its argument (which is untrusted data) on periods. As a result, in the face of a malicious request whose Authorization header consists of Bearer followed by many period characters, a call to that function incurs allocations to the tune of O(n) bytes (where n stands for the length of the function's argument), with a constant factor of about 16. This issue is fixed in 5.2.2 and 4.5.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JW
jwt · golang-jwt
>= 3.2.0, < 4.5.2; >= 5.0.0-rc.1, < 5.2.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30204
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30204
github.com
https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/commit/0951d184286dece21f73c85673fd308786ffe9c3
github.com
https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/commit/bf316c48137a1212f8d0af9288cc9ce8e59f1afb
github.com
https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-mh63-6h87-95cp
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0002/
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