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title: "CVE-2026-65629: jose - Authentication Bypass"
description: "jose 1.10.0 < 1.11.13 contains a broken authentication caused by use of insufficient PBKDF2 iteration count and short salt in password-encrypted private key export, letting attackers recover private keys via offline password cracking, exploit requires attacker to obtain encrypted private key export."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-65629/
---

# CVE-2026-65629 jose - Authentication Bypass

jose 1.10.0 < 1.11.13 contains a broken authentication caused by use of insufficient PBKDF2 iteration count and short salt in password-encrypted private key export, letting attackers recover private keys via offline password cracking, exploit requires attacker to obtain encrypted private key export.

CVSS base score 7.4 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65629)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

26 October 2026

Updated

27 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-916](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/916.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.11.13 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65629](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65629)
- [https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-h4gx-8jq2-mfhc](https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/security/advisories/GHSA-h4gx-8jq2-mfhc)
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65629](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65629)
- [https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65629.html](https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65629.html)
- [https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/461b261902531ca016190e780bb70862d561a7e0](https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/461b261902531ca016190e780bb70862d561a7e0)
- [https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/85fddd89ee56b6f9c19eff7d9cfffeef62c330b9](https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose/commit/85fddd89ee56b6f9c19eff7d9cfffeef62c330b9)

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