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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10535

csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-10535

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 May 2018, 20:29 UTC

csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

osv:CVE-2016-10535
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10535",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10535",
    "summary": "csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10535",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-10535",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-10535",
        "GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/isaacs/csrf-lite",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a555c52c93bed025e47f02274453333134b411c9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:csrf-lite_project:csrf-lite:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0",
            "v0.0.2",
            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10535.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:45:16.667641273Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/isaacs/csrf-lite/pull/1",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/94"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10535",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379275,
  "published_at": "2018-05-31T20:29:01.207+00:00"
}