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Change History

https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/3c859ba3038121b67fb98e87dc52617fa27cbef0

https://huntr.com/bounties/3e73cb96-c038-46a1-81b7-4d2215b36268

Theoretically, it would be possible for an attacker to brute-force the password for an instance in single-user password protection mode via a timing attack given the linear nature of the `!==` used for comparison.

The risk is minified by the additional overhead of the request, which varies in a non-constant nature making the attack less reliable to execute 

huntr.dev AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

huntr.dev CWE-764

huntr.dev https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/3c859ba3038121b67fb98e87dc52617fa27cbef0 [No types assigned]

huntr.dev https://huntr.com/bounties/3e73cb96-c038-46a1-81b7-4d2215b36268 [No types assigned]