Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in GitHub - CVE-2022-36885
Published: July 28, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65851
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36885
CWE-ID: CWE-208
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
GitHub
GitHub
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not use a constant-time comparison when checking whether the provided and computed webhook signatures are equal. A remote user can use statistical methods to obtain a valid webhook signature.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-36885
Install updates from vendor's website.