GHSA-c8cc-p3j7-4c7f Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.mesos:mesos

• Maven org.apache.mesos:mesos: < 1.4.2 → fixed in 1.4.2 • Maven org.apache.mesos:mesos: >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.2 → fixed in 1.5.2 • Maven org.apache.mesos:mesos: >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.1 → fixed in 1.6.1

Apache Mesos can be configured to require authentication to call the Executor HTTP API using JSON Web Token (JWT). In Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 the comparison of the generated HMAC value against the provided signature in the JWT implementation used is vulnerable to a timing attack because instead of a constant-time string comparison routine a standard `==` operator has been used. A malicious actor can therefore abuse the timing difference of when the JWT validation function returns to reveal the correct HMAC value.