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Medium 4.0Published Jan 26, 2026

CVE-2025-57784Tomahawk authentication timing attack due to usage of 'strcmp'

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It affects Hiawatha Web server and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Tomahawk auth timing attack due to usage of `strcmp` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver version 11.7 which allows a local attacker to access the management client.

CVSS
4.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-208
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
certcc
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jan 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Hiawatha Hiawatha Web server
hiawatha:web_server (from the name)
11.7 builds before 8.5
CNA record
hiawatha-webserver hiawatha
hiawatha-webserver:hiawatha
11.7
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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