GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cpHighCVSS 7.4

Wildfly-elytron possibly vulnerable to timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator

Published
January 13, 2023
Last Modified
January 25, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator. A flaw was found in Wildfly-elytron. Wildfly-elytron uses java.util.Arrays.equals in several places, which is unsafe and vulnerable to timing attacks. To compare values securely, use java.security.MessageDigest.isEqual instead. This flaw allows an attacker to access secure information or impersonate an authed user.

🎯 Affected products2

  • maven/org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron:< 1.15.15.Final
  • maven/org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron:>= 1.16.0.CR1, < 1.20.3.Final

🔗 References (4)