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Apply timingsafe_bcmp() in authentication paths
authorMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Mon, 11 May 2026 12:13:50 +0000 (05:13 -0700)
committerNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Mon, 11 May 2026 12:13:50 +0000 (05:13 -0700)
commitc95275f18bee5caac175d314cbd997dd68f160f3
tree01eefacf60330a94615a99fceee5105a8dc84c7f
parent9dcfcb92fff82b398f2ba0c03eb7bea9c197aab2
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/auth.c
src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth-scram.c