jasypt before 1.9.2 allows a timing attack against the password hash comparison.
CVE-2014-9970
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.7%, top 28% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 82.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 21, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039744
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040360
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2546
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2547
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2808
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2809
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2810
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2811
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3141
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0294
- cve@mitrehttps://sourceforge.net/p/jasypt/code/668/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039744
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040360
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2546
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2547
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-9970(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2017:2811Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: eap7-jboss-ec2-eap security update
- RHSA-2017:2809Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update
- RHSA-2017:2808Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update
- RHSA-2017:2810Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | patch | 2018-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | rhvm-appliance-0:20171102.0-1 | 2017-11-07 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:2.5.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el7 | 2017-10-17 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2017-10-17 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:2.5.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el6 | 2017-10-17 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 | 2017-09-26 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2017-09-26 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 | 2017-09-26 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7 | 2017-09-26 | redhat |
| redhat | jasypt | 2017-08-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.jasypt:jasypt | 1.0 ... 1.9.1 (14 versions) | 1.9.2 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(7)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2017:2546MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:2546 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:2547MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:2547 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:2904MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:2904 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:2905MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:2905 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:2906MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:2906 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:3141MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2017:3141 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2018:0294MODERATE2017-02-20
RHSA-2018:0294 — Moderate
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 22:52 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-05-23 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-05-22 13:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-22 13:13 UTCVendor advisory
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