CVSS 3.0
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVE-2015-9238
Medium (5.3) in secure-compare project secure-compare. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in secure-compare 3.0.1.
secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-134, CWE-697
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- secure-compare_project:secure-compare
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-h9x2-5rm7-x4gm | npm | secure-compare | <3.0.1 | 3.0.1 |