CVE-2021-43298
The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP authentication does not use a constant-time memcmp and has no rate-limiting. This means that an unauthenticated …
Published: 2022-01-25 · CVSS: Unscored
The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP authentication does not use a constant-time memcmp and has no rate-limiting. This means that an unauthenticated network attacker can brute-force the HTTP basic password, byte-by-byte, by recording the webserver's response time until the unauthorized (401) response.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7