CVE-2026-15432

Summary

When verifying a mac with a ChunkedMacVerification object, Tink compares the resulting tag with non constant time comparison. This potentially allows an attacker to use timinig information as a side channel in order to get information how many bytes of a given tag match the correct tag. This in turn could allow to find a correct tag bytewise.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
GoogleTink-JavaAll releases before 1.21.0, including 1.21.0.affected
GoogleTink-AndroidAll releases before 1.21.0, including 1.21.0.affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-208: CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

References