# Timing attack on HMAC signature comparison in Apache Tapestry

Advisory record · `GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6` · `CVE-2019-10071`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-203](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html) · [CWE-697](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/697.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md) · [CWE-697](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-697.md)
- **Published:** 26 Sept 2019
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2023
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 26 Sept 2019, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core` (Maven): affected `>=5.4, <5.4.5`; fixed in `5.4.5`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.088, the 95th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 26 Sept 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6)
- [OSV: GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10071>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e8f42c88da7be3c60aafe3f6a85eb00b4f8b444de26b38d36233a43@%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7a437dad5af7309aba4d01bfc2463b3ac34e6aafaa565381d3a36460@%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bac8d6f9e1b4059b319d9cba6f33219a99b81623476ec896138f851c@%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7d9c54beb1dc97dcccc58d9b5d31f0f7166f9a25ad1beba5f8091e0c@%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87523dd07886223aa086edc25fe9b8ddb9c1090f7db25b068dc30843@%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-fgmr-vx7c-5wj6>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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