# CVE-2026-70658: pay-rails/pay: non-constant-time HMAC comparison in Paddle Billing webhook signature verifier

- Also known as: GHSA-MJGF-XJ26-9QF9
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.6.2
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- pay-rails pay: fixed in 11.6.2
- pay (RubyGems): through 11.6.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pay-rails pay, pay, upgrade to a fixed version (11.6.2) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/security/advisories/GHSA-mjgf-xj26-9qf9
- https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/commit/ba6494109d88209fba2a4df2d9d6373fe81ed805
- https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/releases/tag/v11.6.2

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