CVE-2026-21713
Essential information
- Published
- 30/03/2026 20:16
- Modified
- 30/03/2026 20:16
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N—
CVSS metrics
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- NONE
- Availability impact
- NONE
- Exploit code maturity
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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Description
A flaw in Node.js HMAC verification uses a non-constant-time comparison when validating user-provided signatures, potentially leaking timing information proportional to the number of matching bytes. Under certain threat models where high-resolution timing measurements are possible, this behavior could be exploited as a timing oracle to infer HMAC values.
Node.js already provides timing-safe comparison primitives used elsewhere in the codebase, indicating this is an oversight rather than an intentional design decision.
This vulnerability affects **20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x**.
NVD status
- Status
- Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| node.js / node.js | cpe:2.3:a:node.js:node.js:20.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| node.js / node.js | cpe:2.3:a:node.js:node.js:22.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| node.js / node.js | cpe:2.3:a:node.js:node.js:24.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| node.js / node.js | cpe:2.3:a:node.js:node.js:25.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |