Timing Attack Affecting com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel package, versions [,157.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMLIFERAYPORTAL-12177855
  • published24 Aug 2025
  • disclosed21 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-43754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel to version 157.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via the password encryptor during the login process. An attacker can determine the existence of user accounts by analyzing differences in server response times to crafted authentication requests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1