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3 vulnerabilities found for fastapi_api_key by athroniaeth
CVE-2026-23996 (GCVE-0-2026-23996)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-21 22:29 – Updated: 2026-01-22 16:49
VLAI?
Title
FastAPI Api Key has a timing side-channel in verify_key that allows statistical key validity detection
Summary
FastAPI Api Key provides a backend-agnostic library that provides an API key system. Version 1.1.0 has a timing side-channel vulnerability in verify_key(). The method applied a random delay only on verification failures, allowing an attacker to statistically distinguish valid from invalid API keys by measuring response latencies. With enough repeated requests, an adversary could infer whether a key_id corresponds to a valid key, potentially accelerating brute-force or enumeration attacks. All users relying on verify_key() for API key authentication prior to the fix are affected. Users should upgrade to version 1.1.0 to receive a patch. The patch applies a uniform random delay (min_delay to max_delay) to all responses regardless of outcome, eliminating the timing correlation. Some workarounds are available. Add an application-level fixed delay or random jitter to all authentication responses (success and failure) before the fix is applied and/or use rate limiting to reduce the feasibility of statistical timing attacks.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Athroniaeth | fastapi-api-key |
Affected:
< 1.1.0
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FKIE_CVE-2026-23996
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-21 23:15 - Updated: 2026-02-27 14:52
Severity ?
Summary
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References
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| athroniaeth | fastapi_api_key | * |
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CVE-2026-23996 (GCVE-0-2026-23996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-21 22:29 – Updated: 2026-01-22 16:49
VLAI?
Title
FastAPI Api Key has a timing side-channel in verify_key that allows statistical key validity detection
Summary
FastAPI Api Key provides a backend-agnostic library that provides an API key system. Version 1.1.0 has a timing side-channel vulnerability in verify_key(). The method applied a random delay only on verification failures, allowing an attacker to statistically distinguish valid from invalid API keys by measuring response latencies. With enough repeated requests, an adversary could infer whether a key_id corresponds to a valid key, potentially accelerating brute-force or enumeration attacks. All users relying on verify_key() for API key authentication prior to the fix are affected. Users should upgrade to version 1.1.0 to receive a patch. The patch applies a uniform random delay (min_delay to max_delay) to all responses regardless of outcome, eliminating the timing correlation. Some workarounds are available. Add an application-level fixed delay or random jitter to all authentication responses (success and failure) before the fix is applied and/or use rate limiting to reduce the feasibility of statistical timing attacks.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy
Assigner
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athroniaeth | fastapi-api-key |
Affected:
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