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CVE-2026-53525

HIGH CVSS: 7.4 Published: 2026-08-21 Modified: 2026-08-25

Description

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client. In versions 0.3.1 through 4.9.0, the WeeChat relay authentication uses non-constant-time string comparison functions (weechat_strcasecmp and strcmp) to verify password hashes and plaintext passwords. An attacker can exploit timing differences to extract the server-computed hash character by character, then authenticate using the correct hash without knowing the password. Version 4.9.1 fixes the issue.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-208

References