CVE-2015-9238

secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - support@hackerone.com

Published

2018-05-31

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-134, CWE-697

Affected products

• Secure-compare Node Module (Hackerone)
• Secure-compare (Secure-compare Project)

References

• https://github.com/vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/50