CVE-2018-8023
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Apache Mesos can be configured to require authentication to call the Executor HTTP API using JSON Web Token (JWT). In Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 the comparison of the generated HMAC value against the provided signature in the JWT implementation used is vulnerable to a timing attack because instead of a constant-time string comparison routine a standard `==` operator has been used. A malicious actor can therefore abuse the timing difference of when the JWT validation function returns to reveal the correct HMAC value.
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-c8cc-p3j7-4c7fModerate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.mesos:mesos2018-10-17ghsa · osvUS
Apache Mesos can be configured to require authentication to call the Executor HTTP API using JSON Web Token (JWT). In Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 the comparison of the generated HMAC value against the provided signature in the JWT implementation used is vulnerable to a timing attack because instead of a constant-time string comparison routine a standard `==` operator has been used. A malicious actor can therefore abuse the timing difference of when the JWT validation function returns to reveal the correct HMAC value.
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references (6)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b9d3f6bd09f3ebd2284b82077033bdc71da550a1c4c010c2494acc3@%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0dd7ff197b2e3bdd80a0326587ca3d0c22e10d1dba17c769d6da7d7a@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b9d3f6bd09f3ebd2284b82077033bdc71da550a1c4c010c2494acc3%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0dd7ff197b2e3bdd80a0326587ca3d0c22e10d1dba17c769d6da7d7a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b9d3f6bd09f3ebd2284b82077033bdc71da550a1c4c010c2494acc3%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Envd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0dd7ff197b2e3bdd80a0326587ca3d0c22e10d1dba17c769d6da7d7a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Envd
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