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Tink-go 2.8.0 Keyset Validation Bypass via NewHandleWithNoSecrets

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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.

Products
tink-go
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-109425
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 08:05 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

Tink-go 2.8.0 Keyset Validation Bypass via NewHandleWithNoSecrets

core-cve · Original source

Published 12 Oct 2026, 19:55 UTC

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.

cve:CVE-2026-109425

tink-go

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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