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Apply timingsafe_bcmp() in authentication paths
authorMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Mon, 11 May 2026 12:13:46 +0000 (05:13 -0700)
committerNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Mon, 11 May 2026 12:13:46 +0000 (05:13 -0700)
commit5924e256c499c010dd369984498c8d5a4ee17894
treecfc53bb9093b585c8ff3b0cc5f1a4ecd9d2b28c5
parent43451a7a2b3305571e7f8ed56d053e97acca1d1d
Apply timingsafe_bcmp() in authentication paths

This commit applies timingsafe_bcmp() to authentication paths that
handle attributes or data previously compared with memcpy() or strcmp(),
which are sensitive to timing attacks.

The following data is concerned by this change, some being in the
backend and some in the frontend:
- For a SCRAM or MD5 password, the computed key or the MD5 hash compared
with a password during a plain authentication.
- For a SCRAM exchange, the stored key, the client's final nonce and the
server nonce.
- RADIUS (up to v18), the encrypted password.
- For MD5 authentication, the MD5(MD5()) hash.

Reported-by: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
Security: CVE-2026-6478
Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 14
src/backend/libpq/auth-scram.c
src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth-scram.c