# CVE-2024-47178: basic-auth-connect's callback uses time unsafe string comparison

- Also known as: GHSA-7P89-P6HX-Q4FW
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.0
- Published: 2024-09-30 · Updated: 2024-09-30

## Affected

- expressjs basic-auth-connect: fixed in 1.1.0
- basic-auth-connect (npm): fixed in 1.1.0

## Description

basic-auth-connect is Connect's Basic Auth middleware in its own module. basic-auth-connect < 1.1.0 uses a timing-unsafe equality comparison that can leak timing information. This issue has been fixed in basic-auth-connect 1.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on expressjs basic-auth-connect, basic-auth-connect, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/expressjs/basic-auth-connect/security/advisories/GHSA-7p89-p6hx-q4fw
- https://github.com/expressjs/basic-auth-connect/commit/bac1e6a8530e1efd0028800b9b588a37adb0d203

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