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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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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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

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

Status : Received
Published: 2025-07-07T10:15:29.187
Modified: 2025-07-07T10:15:29.187
Link: CVE-2025-6386

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