Weakness (CWE)
CWE-187: Partial String Comparison
The product performs a string comparison that only examines a portion of the string before determining whether there is a match.
How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
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Testing
Thoroughly test the comparison scheme before deploying code into production. Perform positive testing as well as negative testing.
Source: MITRE CWE-187
20 results · Feed
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Critical 9.8
Partial String Comparison Vulnerability in HiRDB
Partial String Comparison Vulnerability in HiRDB. This issue affects HiRDB Server Version 10: from 10-00 before 10-12-01; HiRDB Server Version 9: from 09-50-06 through 09-66-22; HiRDB Server with Additional Function Version 9: from 09-50-/F through 09-66/V; H…
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Medium 5.9
SGLang through 0.5.22 Cross-Request Abort via rid Prefix Matching
SGLang through 0.5.22 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows API clients to abort other users' in-flight generation requests by supplying a short client-controlled rid. Attackers can submit streaming /generate requests with single hex characte…
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Medium 5.9
An authentication logic and privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the account management interface of Brocade Fa…
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Medium 6.5
@grpc/grpc-js: The exact path match matcher incorrectly only applies a prefix match for case-insensitive matches
@grpc/grpc-js implements the core functionality of gRPC purely in JavaScript, without a C++ addon. Prior to 1.13.1 and 1.14.1, the exact path (method name) matcher used by RBAC performs a prefix comparison instead of an equality comparison when case-insensiti…
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Medium 5.8
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, versions prior to 11.1.0.3, contains a Partial String Comparison vulnerability. A…
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High 7.5
Sssd: sssd: idp authentication prefix comparison allows cross-user impersonation
A flaw was found in SSSD's IdP authentication provider. The eval_access_token_buf() function compares the OIDC subject identifier using strncmp() with the authenticated user's identifier length, performing a prefix comparison instead of an exact match. An att…
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Medium 6.3
Astro: Authorization bypass from missing path-segment boundary check when stripping the configured base
Astro is a web framework for content-driven websites. Prior to 7.2.4, Astro stripped a configured non-root base path from request pathnames using a string-prefix check without verifying a path-segment boundary. With base "/app", a request to "/appX/admin" res…
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Medium 6.5
Windows HTTP Protocol Stack Tampering Vulnerability
Partial string comparison in Windows HTTP Protocol Stack allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over an adjacent network.
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Medium 5.3
666ghj BettaFish InsightEngine search-result Deduplication agent.py _deduplicate_results partial string comparison
A vulnerability was determined in 666ghj BettaFish up to 1.2.1. Impacted is the function _deduplicate_results of the file InsightEngine/agent.py of the component InsightEngine search-result Deduplication. Executing a manipulation can lead to partial string co…
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Medium 5.4
Caddy: Remote Admin Authorization Bypass in `/config` API via Array Index Normalization
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From 2.4.0 until 2.11.3, the authorization layer and the /config traversal layer do not agree on what object the path refers to. In this case, a path authorized for one config object is accepted…
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Medium 6.9
http-proxy-middleware `router` host+path substring matching allows Host-header-driven backend routing bypass
http-proxy-middleware is node.js http-proxy middleware. From 0.16.0 until 2.0.10, 3.0.6, and 4.1.0, http-proxy-middleware documents router proxy-table entries as host, path, or host+path selectors, but the host+path implementation uses unanchored substring ma…
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Medium 5.9
view_component: System Test Entry Point Path Check Allows Sibling Directory Escape
view_component is a framework for building reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. From 3.0.0 to 4.9.0, the system test entrypoint canonicalizes a user-controlled file path with File.realpath, then checks whether the resolved pa…
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Critical 10.0CVE-2026-35031 Public exploit
Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain
Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Versions prior to 10.11.7 contain a vulnerability chain in the subtitle upload endpoint (POST /Videos/{itemId}/Subtitles), where the Format field is not validated, allowing path traversal via the file exten…
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High 7.5
Rack: Local file inclusion in `Rack::Static` via URL Prefix Matching
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Static determines whether a request should be served as a static file using a simple string prefix check. When configured with URL prefixes such as "/css", it matc…
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Low 1.8
OpenWrt procd PATH Environment Variable Filter Bypass via Incorrect String Comparison Leads to Privilege Escalation
OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. In versions prior to 24.10.6, a vulnerability in the hotplug_call function allows an attacker to bypass environment variable filtering and inject an arbitrary PATH variable, potentially l…
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High 8.1
ESP-IDF web_server basic auth bypass using empty or incomplete Authorization header
ESPHome is a system to control microcontrollers remotely through Home Automation systems. In version 2025.8.0 in the ESP-IDF platform, ESPHome's web_server authentication check can pass incorrectly when the client-supplied base64-encoded Authorization value i…
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Low 3.7
A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU (6GK6108-4AM00-2BA2) (All versions < V8.2.1), RUGGED…
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Critical 10.0
Moby authz zero length regression
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker for software containerization. A security vulnerability has been detected in certain versions of Docker Engine, which could allow an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances…
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High 8.1
IBM MQ Container authentication bypass
IBM MQ Operator 3.2.2 and IBM MQ Operator 2.0.24 could allow a user to bypass authentication under certain configurations due to a partial string comparison vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 297169.
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Critical 9.8
Partial string comparison in CODESYS gateway server
In CODESYS Gateway Server V2 for versions prior to V2.3.9.38 only a part of the the specified password is been compared to the real CODESYS Gateway password. An attacker may perform authentication by specifying a small password that matches the corresponding …