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CVE-2016-1000236
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-362
Description
Node-cookie-signature before 1.0.6 is affected by a timing attack due to the type of comparison used.
Affected products
- Cookie-Signature Project Cookie-Signature: before 1.0.6 — fixed in 1.0.6
- Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cookie-Signature Project Cookie-Signature 1.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838618
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1371409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000236
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000236
- https://travis-ci.com/nodejs/security-wg/builds/76423102
- https://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-team%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg06583.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838618
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1371409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000236
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000236
- https://travis-ci.com/nodejs/security-wg/builds/76423102
- https://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-team%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg06583.html
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