CVE-2026-59276 (GCVE-0-2026-59276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 17:57 – Updated: 2026-08-28 14:00
VLAI
Title
Timing Attack via Non-Constant-Time Comparison of Sensitive Values
Summary
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Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-28 13:59 UTC
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring Security Affected: 7.1.0 (custom)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.6 (custom)
Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.11 (custom)
Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.18 (custom)
Affected: 5.8.0 , ≤ 5.8.27 (custom)
Affected: 5.7.0 , ≤ 5.7.25 (custom)
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