The parisneo/lollms repository is affected by a timing attack vulnerability in the `authenticate_user` function within the `lollms_authentication.py` file. This vulnerability allows attackers to enumerate valid usernames and guess passwords incrementally by analyzing response time differences. The affected version is the latest, and the issue is resolved in version 20.1. The vulnerability arises from the use of Python's default string equality operator for password comparison, which compares characters sequentially and exits on the first mismatch, leading to variable response times based on the number of matching initial characters.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The parisneo/lollms repository is affected by a timing attack vulnerability in the `authenticate_user` function within the `lollms_authentication.py` file. This vulnerability allows attackers to enumerate valid usernames and guess passwords incrementally by analyzing response time differences. The affected version is the latest, and the issue is resolved in version 20.1. The vulnerability arises from the use of Python's default string equality operator for password comparison, which compares characters sequentially and exits on the first mismatch, leading to variable response times based on the number of matching initial characters.
Title Timing Attack Vulnerability in parisneo/lollms
Weaknesses CWE-203
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Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published: 2025-07-07T09:55:20.059Z

Updated: 2025-07-07T14:22:50.915Z

Reserved: 2025-06-19T21:10:11.647Z

Link: CVE-2025-6386

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-07T14:22:43.872Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-07-07T10:15:29.187

Modified: 2025-07-07T10:15:29.187

Link: CVE-2025-6386

cve-icon Redhat

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