Tomahawk auth timing attack due to usage of `strcmp` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver version 11.7 which allows a local attacker to access the management client.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/hiawatha/-/blame/master/src/tomahawk.c?ref_type=heads#L429 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description Tomahawk auth timing attack due to usage of `strcmp` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver version 11.7 which allows a local attacker to access the management client.
Title Tomahawk authentication timing attack due to usage of 'strcmp'
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-26T20:52:06.748Z

Reserved: 2025-08-19T17:36:13.586Z

Link: CVE-2025-57784

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-26T20:51:54.545Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-26T18:16:27.467

Modified: 2026-01-26T21:15:55.297

Link: CVE-2025-57784

cve-icon Redhat

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