CVE-2017-3156

N/A
Published: August 10, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCXF

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

The OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation code in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.13 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.10 is not using a constant time MAC signature comparison algorithm which may be exploited by sophisticated timing attacks.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
Affected range stops below 3.0.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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