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High · 7.5 CVE-2022-31142 EUVD-2022-6214GHSA-376v-xgjx-7mfr

Potential Timing Attack Vector in @fastify/bearer-auth

Published Jul 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

@fastify/bearer-auth is a Fastify plugin to require bearer Authorization headers. @fastify/bearer-auth prior to versions 7.0.2 and 8.0.1 does not securely use crypto.timingSafeEqual. A malicious attacker could estimate the length of one valid bearer token. According to the corresponding RFC 6750, the bearer token has only base64 valid characters, reducing the range of characters for a brute force attack. Version 7.0.2 and 8.0.1 of @fastify/bearer-auth contain a patch. There are currently no known workarounds. The package fastify-bearer-auth, which covers versions 6.0.3 and prior, is also vulnerable starting at version 5.0.1. Users of fastify-bearer-auth should upgrade to a patched version of @fastify/bearer-auth.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
fastify fastify-bearer-auth >= 5.0.1, < 7.0.2, = 8.0.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @fastify/bearer-auth < 7.0.2 7.0.2 GHSA-376v-xgjx-7mfr
npm @fastify/bearer-auth >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.1 8.0.1 GHSA-376v-xgjx-7mfr
npm fastify-bearer-auth >= 5.0.1, <= 6.0.3 — GHSA-376v-xgjx-7mfr

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