CVE-2025-22868 is an uncontrolled memory-consumption vulnerability in the JWS token parsing functionality of golang.org/x/oauth2/jws. A maliciously malformed token can cause the parser to consume an unexpected amount of memory while processing attacker-controlled token data.
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An unexpected memory-consumption vulnerability during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws.
An unexpected memory-consumption vulnerability during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws.
An excessive memory-consumption vulnerability during token parsing in the golang.org/x/oauth2/jws component, addressed in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.49 security update.
An unexpected memory-consumption vulnerability during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws, addressed by the MTC 1.8.7 update.
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