Description
Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. Prior to 5.14.1, Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::decrypt compares the attacker-supplied HMAC tag against the freshly computed HMAC using PHP/Zephir identity comparison, which lowers to a byte-wise comparison that returns early on the first differing byte. This observable timing discrepancy can allow an attacker to recover a valid tag byte-by-byte and attach it to a chosen IV and ciphertext so that decrypt() accepts tampered encrypted content as authentic. This issue is fixed in version 5.14.1.
Published: 2026-07-10
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Phalcon
Phalcon cphalcon
Vendors & Products Phalcon
Phalcon cphalcon

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. Prior to 5.14.1, Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::decrypt compares the attacker-supplied HMAC tag against the freshly computed HMAC using PHP/Zephir identity comparison, which lowers to a byte-wise comparison that returns early on the first differing byte. This observable timing discrepancy can allow an attacker to recover a valid tag byte-by-byte and attach it to a chosen IV and ciphertext so that decrypt() accepts tampered encrypted content as authentic. This issue is fixed in version 5.14.1.
Title Phalcon: Non-constant-time HMAC verification in `Encryption\Crypt::decrypt` (timing side-channel)
Weaknesses CWE-208
CWE-347
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Phalcon Cphalcon
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-13T18:01:40.822Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T23:07:33.233Z

Link: CVE-2026-54736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T18:01:36.681Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T17:30:03Z

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