CVE-2024-23771
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-23771
To remediate CVE-2024-23771, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/darkhttpd—upgrade to 1.15-r0 or later
Is CVE-2024-23771 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.15-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |