Timing Attack Affecting python package, versions [,3.10.0a3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-5876625
  • published31 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-48566  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 3.10.0a3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack due to the improper handling of compare_digest. An attacker can introduce timing discrepancies by exploiting the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1