CVE-2024-0436 HIGH

CVE-2024-0436: Prevent timing attack for single-user password check

Vendor Mintplex-Labs
Product mintplex-labs/anything-llm
Weakness CWE-203
Published February 25, 2024
Last update March 27, 2025

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Theoretically, it would be possible for an attacker to brute-force the password for an instance in single-user password protection mode via a timing attack given the linear nature of the `!==` used for comparison. The risk is minified by the additional overhead of the request, which varies in a non-constant nature making the attack less reliable to execute

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 25, 2024 CVE published
March 27, 2025 Record updated