CVE-2026-109425
Tink-go 2.8.0 Keyset Validation Bypass via NewHandleWithNoSecrets
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Oct 12, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 27, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2026
Description
Tink-go (tink-crypto/tink-go) through 2.8.0 contains an input-validation vulnerability where keyset.NewHandleWithNoSecrets() and ReadWithNoSecrets() skip the structural Validate() step before constructing a keyset.Handle, allowing malformed public or no-secret keysets that violate Tink's keyset invariants to be accepted. Attackers can supply a malformed keyset, such as one with an enabled public key lacking a valid primary key or a DESTROYED key with no KeyData, causing inconsistent downstream validation where functions like jwt.JWKSetFromPublicKeysetHandle() process the invalid handle and produce a JWK set, potentially misleading applications that rely on successful handle construction as proof of keyset integrity.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1286 Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
tink-gotink-crypto |
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References
- Researcher Disclosuretechnical-descriptionexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: Tink-go 2.8.0 Keyset Validation Bypass via NewHandleWithNoSecretsthird-party-advisory
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