Name: CVE-2017-12872: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12872, CWE-200, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.00404

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade simplesamlphp	Feb 19, 2019	Sep 1, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Sep 1, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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