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CVE-2026-53525

WeeChat has Non-Constant-Time Password Hash Comparison in Relay Authentication

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client. In versions 0.3.1 through 4.9.0, the WeeChat relay authentication uses non-constant-time string comparison functions (weechat_strcasecmp and strcmp) to verify password hashes and plaintext passwords. An attacker can exploit timing differences to extract the server-computed hash character by character, then authenticate using the correct hash without knowing the password. Version 4.9.1 fixes the issue.
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Herstellerweechat
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Produkt weechat
Version >= 0.3.4, < 4.9.1
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.43% 0.362
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security-advisories@github.com 7.4 2.2 5.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

https://github.com/weechat/weechat/security/advisories/GHSA-vhv8-g2r9-cwcc