Apache Mesos can be configured to require authentication to call the Executor HTTP API using JSON Web Token (JWT). In Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 the comparison of the generated HMAC value against the provided signature in the JWT implementation used is vulnerable to a timing attack because instead of a constant-time string comparison routine a standard `==` operator has been used. A malicious actor can therefore abuse the timing difference of when the JWT validation function returns to reveal the correct HMAC value.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2018-09-21T13:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:58:25.082Z

Reserved: 2018-03-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8023

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-21T13:29:01.140

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:01:21.777

Link: CVE-2018-8023

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8023 - Bugzilla