CVE-2016-10535

Published May 31, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0303 csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 Timing Attack in csrf-lite
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:30 AM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 31, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM