Low
Security advisory
jose-php before 2.2.1 does not use constant-time operations for HMAC comparison, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack, related to JWE.php and JWS.php.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5429
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
jose-php before 2.2.1 does not use constant-time operations for HMAC comparison, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack, related to JWE.php and JWS.php.
osv:CVE-2016-5429
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 379814,
"published_at": "2016-09-03T20:59:06.25+00:00"
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