Security Bulletin: IBM Technical Support Appliance is affected by a timing channel vulnerability in Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA

Summary IBM Technical Support Appliance TSA includes a vulnerable version of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA library bcprov-jdk18on-1.78.1.jar. A flaw in the FrodoEngine component may expose information through a covert timing channel, potentially affecting the confidentiality of cryptographic operatio...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Rational Developer for i (CVE-2026-3505, CVE-2025-14813, CVE-2026-0636, CVE-2026-5598, CVE-2026-33671, CVE-2026-33672, CVE-2026-5588, CVE-2026-40175)

Summary IBM Rational Developer for i is affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Bcpg CVE-2026-3505, a broken or risky cryptographic vulnerability in Bcprov CVE-2025-14813, an LDAP injection vulnerability in Bcprov CVE-2026-0636, a covert timing channel vulnerability in...

JLSEC-2026-605

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

Medium: memcached

Issue Overview: In memcached before 1.6.42, username data for SASL password database authentication has a timing side channel because a loop exits as soon as a valid username is found by saslserveruserdbcheckpass. CVE-2026-47783 In memcached before 1.6.42, password data for SASL password database...

CVE-2026-6478

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, a covert timing channel, exists in the comparison of MD5-hashed passwords during authentication. A remote attacker could exploit this to recover user credentials, gaining unauthorized access to the database. This issue specifically impacts...

Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is affected by vulnerabilities in Bouncy Castle bcprov-jdk (CVE-2025-14813, CVE-2026-5598)

Summary IBM Sterling Control Center is affected by vulnerabilities CVE-2025-14813, CVE-2026-5598 reported for bcprov-jdk18on-1.81.jar. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-14813 DESCRIPTION: : Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JA...

postgresql: PostgreSQL: Credential recovery via covert timing channel in MD5 password comparison

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, a covert timing channel, exists in the comparison of MD5-hashed passwords during authentication. A remote attacker could exploit this to recover user credentials, gaining unauthorized access to the database. This issue specifically impacts...

CLSA-2026-1779389543 Fix of 6 CVEs

SECURITY UPDATE: integer wraparound on 32-bit systems in palloc callers - debian/patches/CVE-2026-6473.patch: integer wraparound on 32-bit systems in palloc callers - CVE-2026-6473 SECURITY UPDATE: format-string memory disclosure in timeofday via crafted timezones -...

In memcached before 1.6.42, password data for SASL password database authentication has a timing side channel because memcmp is used by sasl_server_userdb_checkpass.

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Updated postgresql15 packages fix security vulnerabilities

PostgreSQL CREATE TYPE does not check multirange schema CREATE privilege. CVE-2026-6472 PostgreSQL server undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound. CVE-2026-6473 PostgreSQL timeofday can disclose portions of server memory. CVE-2026-6474 PostgreSQL pgbasebackup and pgrewind can overwrite...

bouncycastle: BC-JAVA: private key leakage via non-constant time comparisons

A flaw was found in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA core. A covert timing channel vulnerability, caused by non-constant time comparisons, risks the leakage of private keys in the FrodoKEM implementation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can potentially exploit this timing discrepancy ...

bouncycastle: BC-JAVA: private key leakage via non-constant time comparisons

A flaw was found in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA core. A covert timing channel vulnerability, caused by non-constant time comparisons, risks the leakage of private keys in the FrodoKEM implementation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can potentially exploit this timing discrepancy ...

BIT-POSTGRESQL-2026-6478 PostgreSQL discloses MD5-hashed passwords via covert timing channel

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

PostgreSQL discloses MD5-hashed passwords via covert timing channel

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Covert Timing Channel

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Covert Timing Channel via the authentication process. An attacker can recover user credentials by exploiting timing differences during MD5-hashed password comparison. This is only exploitable if the database contains MD5-hashed password...

CVE-2026-6478

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-6478

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

AZL-86819 CVE-2026-6478 affecting package postgresql for versions less than 16.14-1

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6478

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

CVE-2026-6478

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...