CVE-2024-23771

darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.

Database specific

{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23771.json",
    "cna_assigner": "mitre"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd

Affected ranges

Type: GIT
Repo: https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Fixed

a48460096e29fcd31d90c735f9f171f61d1ceaf7

Affected versions

v1.*

v1.13

v1.14

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-05-30T23:17:01Z"

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/a48460096e29fcd31d90c735f9f171f61d1ceaf7",
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "143294874004054644789722034599112750946",
                "114045070780642422777780308518140232695",
                "320974909359694637198076824538365886643"
            ]
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2024-23771-8084d07a",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "darkhttpd.c"
        },
        "signature_type": "Line"
    }
]

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-23771.json"