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Timing Attack in csrf-lite

CVE-2016-10535GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (csrf-lite 0.1.2), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
  • CVE-2016-10535: 1.28% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 70.09 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Affected versions of csrf-lite are vulnerable to timing attacks as a result of testing CSRF tokens via a fail-early comparison instead of a constant-time comparison. Timing attacks remove the exponential increase in entropy gained from increased secret length, by providing per-character feedback on the correctness of a guess via miniscule timing differences. Under favorable network conditions, an attacker can exploit this to guess the secret in no more than (1618)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present. Recommendation Update to version 0.1.2 or later.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2016-10535

Advisory: Timing Attack in csrf-lite
IDs: CVE-2016-10535, GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2016-10535 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:07 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: csrf-lite 0.1.2. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm csrf-lite: affected < 0.1.2; fixed in 0.1.2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls csrf-lite --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on csrf-lite.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 (OSV record GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 lists affected ranges: npm csrf-lite >=0 <0.1.2 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 lists affected ranges: npm csrf-lite >=0 <0.1.2)

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