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Pylons horus services.py timing discrepancy

Priority LOW 25CWE-208Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00747 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Pylonshorusall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • horus VendorPylons Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pylonsproject:horus:*:*:*:*:*:pyramid:*:*before 2014-05-07VulnerablePylons
  • cpe:2.3:a:pylonsproject:horus:*:*:*:*:*:pyramid:*:* Versions before 2014-05-07 Vulnerable ·Pylons

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-125056
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4cx-v96x-c4g8

References

Sources