Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2024
CVE-2024-47178
basic-auth-connect is Connect's Basic Auth middleware in its own module
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
basic-auth-connect is Connect's Basic Auth middleware in its own module. basic-auth-connect < 1.1.0 uses a timing-unsafe equality comparison that can leak timing information. This issue has been fixed in basic-auth-connect 1.1.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Basic-auth-connect · Expressjs
before 1.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47178
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47178
Patch
https://github.com/expressjs/basic-auth-connect/commit/bac1e6a8530e1efd0028800b9b588a37adb0d203
Exploit
https://github.com/expressjs/basic-auth-connect/security/advisories/GHSA-7p89-p6hx-q4fw