CVE-2026-53525

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.
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Published : 2026-08-21 23:16

Updated : 2026-09-09 21:06


NVD link : CVE-2026-53525

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53525

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53525


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CWE
CWE-208

Observable Timing Discrepancy