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Observable Timing Discrepancy in hono

Cx5f84137a-beef

  • hono
Severity Low
Score 3.7/10

Summary

The basicAuth and bearerAuth middlewares previously used a comparison that was not fully timing-safe. The timingSafeEqual function used normal string equality (===) when comparing hash values. This comparison may stop early if values differ, which can theoretically cause small timing differences. The implementation has been updated to use a safer comparison method. This affects version prior to 4.11.10.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

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.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published