Timing Attack Affecting httpsig package, versions <0.0.19


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-HTTPSIG-12997425
  • published22 Sept 2025
  • disclosed12 Sept 2025
  • creditOleksii Shmalko

Introduced: 12 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59058  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade httpsig to version 0.0.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack in the SharedKey::sign function. An attacker can potentially forge signatures by exploiting differences in processing time during HMAC signature verification.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1