Pylons horus services.py timing discrepancy
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Pylons horus and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file horus/flows/local/services.py. The manipulation leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as fd56ccb62ce3cbdab0484fe4f9c25c4eda6c57ec. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217598 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-125056
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4cx-v96x-c4g8
Sources
- CVE-2014-125056 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-125056 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4cx-v96x-c4g8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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