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CVE-2025-48995: SignXML's signature verification with HMAC is vulnerable to a timing attack

June 5, 2025 (updated November 10, 2025)

When verifying signatures with X509 certificate validation turned off and HMAC shared secret set (signxml.XMLVerifier.verify(require_x509=False, hmac_key=...), prior versions of SignXML are vulnerable to a potential timing attack. The verifier may leak information about the correct HMAC when comparing it with the user supplied hash, allowing users to reconstruct the correct HMAC for any data.

References

  • github.com/XML-Security/signxml
  • github.com/XML-Security/signxml/commit/1b501faaacf34cf978a52dbc6915ec11e27611cd
  • github.com/XML-Security/signxml/security/advisories/GHSA-gmhf-gg8w-jw42
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmhf-gg8w-jw42
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48995

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.0.4

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.4 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy

Source file

pypi/signxml/CVE-2025-48995.yml

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