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CVE-2017-12872
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-01T21:29:00.563 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:04:03.883

Summary

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

Affected products

simplesamlphp — simplesamlphp

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References

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