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CVE-2026-25050GHSA-6F65-4FV2-WWCH

Vendure vulnerable to timing attack that enables user enumeration in NativeAuthenticationStrategy

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.5.3
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Vendure is an open-source headless commerce platform. Prior to version 3.5.3, the `NativeAuthenticationStrategy.authenticate()` method is vulnerable to a timing attack that allows attackers to enumerate valid usernames (email addresses). In `packages/core/src/config/auth/native-authentication-strategy.ts`, the authenticate method returns immediately if a user is not found. The significant timing difference (~200-400ms for bcrypt vs ~1-5ms for DB miss) allows attackers to reliably distinguish between existing and non-existing accounts. Version 3.5.3 fixes the issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • vendurehq vendure

    fixed in 3.5.3

  • @vendure/corenpm

    fixed in 3.5.3

References 3

GitHub · vendurehq/vendure

GitHub · Christbowel/CVE-2026-25050