CVE-2025-57784
Tomahawk authentication timing attack due to usage of 'strcmp'
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-57784- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Tomahawk authentication timing attack due to usage of 'strcmp'
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-57784- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206342
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206342- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h568-qr59-9xpj
Tomahawk auth timing attack due to usage of `strcmp` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver...
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.
- Record
GHSA-h568-qr59-9xpj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Tomahawk authentication timing attack due to usage of 'strcmp'
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-57784- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-04
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-57784 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Hiawatha-webserver Hiawatha, published January 26, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.