Insecure Credential Comparison Affecting safe-compare Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.1.1
Attack Complexity
High
Integrity
High
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snyk-id
npm:safe-compare:20180210
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published
14 Feb 2018
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disclosed
9 Feb 2018
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credit
James Billingham
Introduced: 9 Feb 2018
CWE-522 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade safe-compare
to version 1.1.1 or higher.
Overview
safe-compare
is Constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent timing attacks..
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Insecure Credential Comparison due to using String.prototype.length
instead of Buffer.byteLength
.