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Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVE-2024-47178

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The package basic-auth-connect is Connect's Basic Auth middleware in its own module. The basic-auth-connect uses a timing-unsafe equality comparison that can leak timing information. This issue affects versions prior to 1.1.0.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published