Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-25189 - Information Exposure Through Discrepancy vulnerability in Bencollins JWT C Library 1.15.3

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
bencollins
CWE-203
critical

Summary

libjwt 1.15.3 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Bencollins
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)