CVE-2016-7037 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-7037

The verify function in Encryption/Symmetric.php in Malcolm Fell jwt before...

Vulnerability Description

The verify function in Encryption/Symmetric.php in Malcolm Fell jwt before 1.0.3 does not use a timing-safe function for hash comparison, which allows attackers to spoof signatures via a timing attack.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

jwt
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 23rd, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.