CVE-2025-22149 — jwkset
Fix: MicahParks/jwkset@01db49aCVE-2025-22149 is a CWE-672 vulnerability in github.com/MicahParks/jwkset. A fix is available for github.com/MicahParks/jwkset — see the affected versions and patch details below.
JWK Set's HTTP client only overwrites and appends JWK to local cache during refresh
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-22149.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/MicahParks/jwksetReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
The project's provided HTTP client's local JWK Set cache should do a full replacement when the goroutine refreshes the remote JWK Set. The current behavior is to overwrite or append. This is a security issue for use cases that utilize the provided auto-caching HTTP client and where key removal from a JWK Set is equivalent to revocation.
Example attack scenario:
- An attacker has stolen the private key for a key published in JWK Set.
- The publishers of that JWK Set remove that key from the JWK Set.
- Enough time has passed that the program using the auto-caching HTTP client found in
github.com/MicahParks/jwksetv0.5.0-v0.5.21 has elapsed itsHTTPClientStorageOptions.RefreshIntervalduration, causing a refresh of the remote JWK Set. - The attacker is signing content (such as JWTs) with the stolen private key and the system has no other forms of revocation.
Patches
The affected auto-caching HTTP client was added in version v0.5.0 and fixed in v0.6.0. Upgrade to v0.6.0 or later.
Workarounds
The only workaround would be to remove the provided auto-caching HTTP client and replace it with a custom implementation. This involves setting the HTTPClientStorageOptions.RefreshInterval to zero (or not specifying the value). Upgrade to v0.6.0 is advised.
References
Please see the tracking issue on GitHub for additional details: https://github.com/MicahParks/jwkset/issues/40
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/MicahParks/jwkset | ≥ 0.5.0&&< 0.6.0 | 0.6.0go get github.com/MicahParks/jwkset@v0.6.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/MicahParks/jwkset, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/MicahParks/jwkset to 0.6.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-22149 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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