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Case File

CVE-2015-9238

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 1.50% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-05-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2015-9238
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
1.50%

Original NVD Description

secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.