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1 vulnerability found for secure-compare node module by HackerOne

CVE-2015-9238 (GCVE-0-2015-9238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-05-31 20:00
Modified
2024-09-16 17:43
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison ()
Summary
secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.
Impacted products
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