GHSA-5vw4-v588-pgv8HighCVSS 7.5

robbert229/jwt's token validation methods vulnerable to a timing side-channel during HMAC comparison

Published
December 28, 2022
Last Modified
May 20, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Token validation methods are susceptible to a timing side-channel during HMAC comparison. With a large enough number of requests over a low latency connection, an attacker may use this to determine the expected HMAC.

🎯 Affected products1

  • go/github.com/robbert229/jwt:< 0.0.0-20170426191122-ca1404ee6e83

🔗 References (5)