CVE-2024-23771 (GCVE-0-2024-23771)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-22 00:00
Modified
2025-05-30 14:23
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.
References
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