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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-34986

🗓️ 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Go JOSE older than 4.1.4 or 3.0.5 may panic decrypting JWE with key wrapping and empty encrypted_key, risking denial of service.

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  - Go JOSE provides an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards in Go,
    including support for JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Signature (JWS), and JSON Web Token (JWT)
    standards. Prior to 4.1.4 and 3.0.5, decrypting a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object will panic if the alg
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    this function directly is less common. Panics can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed
    in 4.1.4 and 3.0.5. (CVE-2026-34986)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "golang-github-go-jose-go-jose.v3-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v1-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2-dev"},
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-go-jose-go-jose.v3-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v1-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2-dev"}
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  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
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        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v1-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2-dev"}
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  "Debian Linux-12": {
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  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
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    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2"}
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  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-go-jose-go-jose"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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