FKIE_CVE-2026-23901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-10 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:22
Severity
2.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in Apache Shiro. This issue affects Apache Shiro: from 1.*, 2.* before 2.0.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.7 or later, which fixes the issue. Prior to Shiro 2.0.7, code paths for non-existent vs. existing users are different enough, that a brute-force attack may be able to tell, by timing the requests only, determine if the request failed because of a non-existent user vs. wrong password. The most likely attack vector is a local attack only. Shiro security model  https://shiro.apache.org/security-model.html#username_enumeration  discusses this as well. Typically, brute force attack can be mitigated at the infrastructure level.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/mm1jct9b86jvnh3y44tj22xvjtx3xhhhIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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