auth is vulnerable to timing attacks #2

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opened 2025-09-22 14:07:42 +02:00 by rike · 0 comments
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When giving a wrong username auth will fail faster than when a wrong password is given (the authenticate function takes longer to run) thus giving a clue about whether the username or the password is wrong.

When giving a wrong username auth will fail faster than when a wrong password is given (the `authenticate` function takes longer to run) thus giving a clue about whether the username or the password is wrong.
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Reference: ASPP/2025-plovdiv-git#2
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