The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP authentication does not use a constant-time memcmp and has no rate-limiting. This means that an unauthenticated network attacker can brute-force the HTTP basic password, byte-by-byte, by recording the webserver's response time until the unauthorized (401) response.
References
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https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/304 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: JFROG

Published: 2022-01-25T19:11:17

Updated: 2022-01-25T19:11:17

Reserved: 2021-11-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-43298

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-01-25T20:15:08.510

Modified: 2022-02-01T13:46:54.290


Link: CVE-2021-43298

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