Signature disclosure via early-exit HMAC comparison
Published Jan 17, 2023 · Updated Apr 3, 2025
Observable timing discrepancy in JOpenID before 1.08 allows remote attackers to infer valid OpenID authentication signature bytes. OpenIdManager.getAuthentication compares an untrusted signature with a computed HMAC using String.equals, whose early exit leaks matching-prefix timing; the patch accumulates character differences instead. Repeated measurements and reachability of an application embedding the library are required, and the CNA rates exploitation as adjacent, low-privileged, and high-complexity.
Summary
What happened
Observable timing discrepancy in JOpenID before 1.08 allows remote attackers to infer valid OpenID authentication signature bytes. OpenIdManager.getAuthentication compares an untrusted signature with a computed HMAC using String.equals, whose early exit leaks matching-prefix timing; the patch accumulates character differences instead. Repeated measurements and reachability of an application embedding the library are required, and the CNA rates exploitation as adjacent, low-privileged, and high-complexity.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2010-10006
- Published
- Jan 17, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Michael Liao
- Product
- JOpenID
- Classifications
- CWE-208, CWE-203, T1212
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 17, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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