Vulnerability · Published Apr 23, 2021 · Assigned by Vaadin

CVE-2021-31406Timing side channel vulnerability in endpoint request handler in Vaadin 15-19

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in flow-server from Vaadin. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Non-constant-time comparison of CSRF tokens in endpoint request handler in com.vaadin:flow-server versions 3.0.0 through 5.0.3 (Vaadin 15.0.0 through 18.0.6), and com.vaadin:fusion-endpoint version 6.0.0 (Vaadin 19.0.0) allows attacker to guess a security token for Fusion endpoints via timing attack.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavencom.vaadin:flow-server5.0.4GHSA-p7jq-v8jp-j424
Mavencom.vaadin:flow-server6.0.1GHSA-p7jq-v8jp-j424

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Vaadin Vaadin 19.0.015.0.0 – before *
Vaadin flow-server 6.0.03.0.0 – before *

Weakness: CWE-208 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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