GHSA-4p8r-vm9v-c9pm: HomeBox: Timing Side-Channel in Login Endpoint Allows User Enumeration via Bcrypt Hashing Delay

Published Nov 5, 2026
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Updated

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.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade HomeBox to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.27.0

Event History

Nov 5, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·04:01 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·04:01 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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