diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
index 50c2e344e2..2a60be578e 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -1683,7 +1684,9 @@ private static void verifyFooterIntegrity(
         calculatedTag,
         0,
         AesCipher.GCM_TAG_LENGTH);
-    if (!Arrays.equals(gcmTag, calculatedTag)) {
+    // Use a constant-time comparison for the authentication tag to avoid leaking
+    // timing information about the correct value (CWE-208).
+    if (!MessageDigest.isEqual(gcmTag, calculatedTag)) {
       throw new TagVerificationException("Signature mismatch in plaintext footer");
     }
   }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/crypto/TestFooterIntegrity.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/crypto/TestFooterIntegrity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..964a32abcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/crypto/TestFooterIntegrity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.parquet.crypto;
+
+import static org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT64;
+import static org.apache.parquet.schema.Type.Repetition.OPTIONAL;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.parquet.ParquetReadOptions;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileReader;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileWriter;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.ParquetMetadata;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.EncDecProperties;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopInputFile;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.TestFileBuilder;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.InputFile;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.SeekableInputStream;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that the signature of an encrypted file with a plaintext (signed) footer is checked
+ * correctly: a valid signature is accepted and a tampered GCM tag is rejected with a {@link
+ * TagVerificationException}. This exercises {@code ParquetMetadataConverter.verifyFooterIntegrity}.
+ */
+public class TestFooterIntegrity {
+
+  private static final MessageType SCHEMA = new MessageType("schema", new PrimitiveType(OPTIONAL, INT64, "id"));
+
+  private String writeSignedPlaintextFooterFile() throws IOException {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    return new TestFileBuilder(conf, SCHEMA)
+        .withNumRecord(100)
+        .withEncryptColumns(new String[] {"id"})
+        .build()
+        .getFileName();
+  }
+
+  private static ParquetMetadata readFooter(String file) throws IOException {
+    ParquetReadOptions readOptions = ParquetReadOptions.builder()
+        .withDecryption(EncDecProperties.getFileDecryptionProperties())
+        .build();
+    InputFile inputFile = HadoopInputFile.fromPath(new Path(file), new Configuration());
+    try (SeekableInputStream in = inputFile.newStream()) {
+      return ParquetFileReader.readFooter(inputFile, readOptions, in);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void validSignatureIsAccepted() throws IOException {
+    ParquetMetadata metaData = readFooter(writeSignedPlaintextFooterFile());
+    assertFalse(metaData.getBlocks().isEmpty());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void tamperedFooterSignatureIsRejected() throws IOException {
+    String file = writeSignedPlaintextFooterFile();
+
+    // Trailer layout of a signed plaintext footer:
+    //   [serialized footer][nonce (12)][GCM tag (16)][footer length (4)][MAGIC (4)]
+    // Flip a byte inside the GCM tag so the recomputed tag no longer matches.
+    try (RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw")) {
+      long tagBytePosition =
+          raf.length() - ParquetFileWriter.MAGIC.length - Integer.BYTES - AesCipher.GCM_TAG_LENGTH;
+      raf.seek(tagBytePosition);
+      int original = raf.read();
+      raf.seek(tagBytePosition);
+      raf.write(original ^ 0x01);
+    }
+    // Drop the local filesystem CRC side-file so the tampered bytes reach the Parquet reader.
+    File source = new File(file);
+    Files.deleteIfExists(new File(source.getParent(), "." + source.getName() + ".crc").toPath());
+
+    assertThrows(TagVerificationException.class, () -> readFooter(file));
+  }
+}