GO-2020-0023

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    GO-2020-0023

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Timing side-channel in github.com/robbert229/jwt

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/robbert229/jwt/commit/ca1404ee6e83fcbafb66b09ed0d543850a15b654, https://github.com/robbert229/jwt/issues/12

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/robbert229/jwt

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/robbert229/jwt

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.0.0-20170426191122-ca1404ee6e83

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2020-0023 | CVE-DB