CVE-2018-8023 is a timing attack vulnerability in Apache Mesos versions prior to 1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, and 1.6.0. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to deduce the correct HMAC value for JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication due to a non-constant-time string comparison. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has high confidentiality impact but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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