Versions of secure-compare prior to 3.0.1 are affected by a vulnerability that results in the package always returning true when comparing two strings of the same length, despite differences in the contents of those strings.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or later.

References

• vadimdemedes/secure-compare#1
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/50
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9238
• vadimdemedes/secure-compare@dd1ff1a