CVE-2021-43298 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2021-43298

The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

goahead
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: January 25th, 2022
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-208

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.