CVE-2021-26833
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115...
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
- Record
CVE-2021-26833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-459
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
- Record
CVE-2021-26833- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13617 No score
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
- Record
EUVD-2021-13617- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f965-7gr5-p9j3
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115...
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
- Record
GHSA-f965-7gr5-p9j3- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-26833 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Timelybills, published April 6, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.