CVE-2025-70949: @perfood/couch-auth has an Observable Timing Discrepancy

March 5, 2026 (updated March 6, 2026)

An Observable Timing Discrepancy in @perfood/couch-auth v0.26.0 allows attackers to access sensitive information via a timing side-channel.

References

gist.github.com/0xHunterr/38aab644874ca9f4646524c5b01cfe5e
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjqr-5c55-g77h
github.com/perfood/couch-auth
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70949
www.npmjs.com/package/@perfood/couch-auth

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