PT-2026-76565 · Weechat · Weechat

CVE-2026-53525

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Published

2026-08-09

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Updated

2026-08-21

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

VectorAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WeeChat versions 0.3.1 through 4.9.0
Description Relay authentication uses non-constant-time string comparison functions weechat strcasecmp() and strcmp() to verify password hashes and plaintext passwords. This allows an attacker to use timing differences to extract the server-computed hash character by character and authenticate without knowing the password.
Recommendations Update to version 4.9.1.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-53525
GHSA-VHV8-G2R9-CWCC
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11481-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21615-1

Affected Products

Weechat