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CVE-2015-9238

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-9238 describes a critical flaw in secure-compare versions 3.0.0 and below, where the string comparison function incorrectly compared the first argument against itself, allowing any two strings of the same length to pass the check. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:secure-compare_project:secure-compare:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: secure-compareFixed in: 3.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-h9x2-5rm7-x4gmhigh

Insecure Comparison in secure-compare

Jun 3, 2019

References

github.com / vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1
Third Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/50
Third Party Advisory