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WS-2019-0059
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Date: April 23, 2019
All versions of express-basic-auth are vulnerable to Timing Attacks. The package uses nating string comparison instead of a constant time string compare which may lead to Timing Attacks. Timing Attacks can be used to increase the efficiency of brute-force attacks by removing the exponential increase in entropy gained from longer secrets.
Language: JS
Severity Score
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Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Observable Timing Discrepancy
CWE-208Top Fix
CVSS v3.1
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Attack Vector (AV): | ADJACENT_NETWORK |
Attack Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality (C): | LOW |
Integrity (I): | NONE |
Availability (A): | NONE |