CVE-2015-10004 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Json Web Token Project	Json Web Token

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7518	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-5vw4-v588-pgv8	robbert229/jwt's token validation methods vulnerable to a timing side-channel during HMAC comparison

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/robbert229/jwt/commit/ca1404ee6e83fcbafb66b09ed0d543850a15b654
https://github.com/robbert229/jwt/issues/12
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0023

History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2022-12-27T21:13:11.967Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T22:58:21.630Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T16:09:30.296Z

Link: CVE-2015-10004

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:58:24.640Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:10.947

Modified: 2025-04-11T23:15:25.577

Link: CVE-2015-10004

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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