High severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-70658
pay-rails/pay: non-constant-time HMAC comparison in Paddle Billing webhook signature verifier
7.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Pay is a payments engine for Ruby on Rails 6.0 and higher. Prior to 11.6.2, Pay::Webhooks::PaddleBillingController#valid_signature? in app/controllers/pay/webhooks/paddle_billing_controller.rb compares the computed 64-character SHA-256 HMAC with the attacker-controlled h1 token from the Paddle-Signature header using Ruby String#==. An unauthenticated remote attacker who can repeatedly submit requests to /pay/webhooks/paddle_billing and obtain sufficiently precise timing measurements can infer matching digest prefixes and recover a valid signature. A forged accepted webhook is enqueued through Pay::Webhooks::ProcessJob and can cause a host application to update billing state, provision paid features, record refunds, or trigger customer notifications. This issue is fixed in version 11.6.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
pay · pay-rails
< 11.6.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70658
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70658
github.com
https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/commit/ba6494109d88209fba2a4df2d9d6373fe81ed805
github.com
https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/releases/tag/v11.6.2
github.com
https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/security/advisories/GHSA-mjgf-xj26-9qf9
