Description
HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.27.0, the POST /api/v1/users/login endpoint performs password-hash verification only when the submitted username matches an existing account, while unknown usernames return immediately. Although both paths return the same 401 unauthorized response, the processing-time discrepancy allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to distinguish registered email addresses; rate limiting only reduces the number of attempts per window. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.0.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.27.0, the POST /api/v1/users/login endpoint performs password-hash verification only when the submitted username matches an existing account, while unknown usernames return immediately. Although both paths return the same 401 unauthorized response, the processing-time discrepancy allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to distinguish registered email addresses; rate limiting only reduces the number of attempts per window. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.0.
Title HomeBox: Timing Side-Channel in Login Endpoint Allows User Enumeration via Bcrypt Hashing Delay
Weaknesses CWE-204
CWE-208
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T16:01:52.991Z

Reserved: 2026-09-03T16:37:49.262Z

Link: CVE-2026-85286

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-05T16:17:50.463

Modified: 2026-11-05T16:17:50.463

Link: CVE-2026-85286

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-204

    Observable Response Discrepancy

  • CWE-208

    Observable Timing Discrepancy