CVE-2021-33880

lowpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.27% (83rd) EPSS
CVSS 2.6 · low
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11 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The aaugustin websockets library before 9.1 for Python has an Observable Timing Discrepancy on servers when HTTP Basic Authentication is enabled with basic_auth_protocol_factory(credentials=...). An attacker may be able to guess a password via a timing attack.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.6–5.9

v2.02.6lowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 2.9
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6
v3.15.9mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-203USprimaryCWE-203USCWE-208USCWE-208US
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affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-8ch4-58qp-g3mpObservable Timing Discrepancy in aaugustin websockets library2021-06-11ghsa · osvUS

    The aaugustin websockets library before 9.1 for Python has an Observable Timing Discrepancy on servers when HTTP Basic Authentication is enabled with basic_auth_protocol_factory(credentials=...). An attacker may be able to guess a password via a timing attack.

  • PYSEC-2021-952021-06-06vendor · osvUS

    The aaugustin websockets library before 9.1 for Python has an Observable Timing Discrepancy on servers when HTTP Basic Authentication is enabled with basic_auth_protocol_factory(credentials=...). An attacker may be able to guess a password via a timing attack.

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also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-06-06modified 2026-06-17
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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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