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Observable Discrepancy

CVE-2023-32691

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

The package github.com/ginuerzh/gost is vulnerable to Timing attacks which occur when an attacker can guess a secret by observing a difference in processing time for valid and invalid inputs. Sensitive secrets such as passwords, tokens, and API keys should be compared only using a "constant-time comparison function".

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

CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes 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