CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-85286

LowCVSS 3.7
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In HomeBox 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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can enumerate registered email addresses, facilitating follow-up targeted attacks such as phishing or password guessing.

Recommendation

Upgrade HomeBox to version 0.27.0 or later, which eliminates the timing discrepancy in the login process.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS