Timing side channel vulnerability in UIDL request handler in Vaadin 7 and 8
Priority LOW 19CWE-208Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-208.
Summary
Non-constant-time comparison of CSRF tokens in UIDL request handler in com.vaadin:vaadin-server versions 7.0.0 through 7.7.23 (Vaadin 7.0.0 through 7.7.23), and 8.0.0 through 8.12.2 (Vaadin 8.0.0 through 8.12.2) allows attacker to guess a security token via timing attack
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven): 7.7.24, 8.12.3com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven): 7.7.24, 8.12.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaadin | Vaadin | 7.0.0 and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Vaadin | vaadin-server | 7.0.0 and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) | 7.0.0 to before 7.7.24 | 7.7.24 | Patch available | GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 |
| — | com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) | 8.0.0 to before 8.12.3 | 8.12.3 | Patch available | GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 |
| — | com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) | 7.0.0 to before 7.7.24 | 7.7.24 | Patch available | GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 |
| — | com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) | 8.0.0 to before 8.12.3 | 8.12.3 | Patch available | GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 |
- Vaadin VendorVaadin Affected 7.0.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- vaadin-server VendorVaadin Affected 7.0.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.7.24 Fixed in 7.7.24 Patch available GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8
- com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.12.3 Fixed in 8.12.3 Patch available GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8
- com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.7.24 Fixed in 7.7.24 Patch available GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8
- com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.12.3 Fixed in 8.12.3 Patch available GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.7.24 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven) Fixed in 8.12.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) Fixed in 7.7.24 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 com.vaadin:vaadin-server (Maven) Fixed in 8.12.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-31403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8
References
More Vaadin vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11539 Server classes and resources exposure in OSGi applications using Vaadin 12-14 and 19 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-18603 Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in EmailValidator class in Vaadin 7 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-11541 Server session is not invalidated when logout() helper method of Authentication module is used in Vaadin 18-19 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-12014 Possible information disclosure inside TreeGrid component with default data provider CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-11537 Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in EmailField component in Vaadin 14 and 15-17 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-18604 Directory traversal in development mode handler in Vaadin 14 and 15-17 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-31403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-31403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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