# CVE-2026-54685: FileBrowser Quantum has Username Enumeration via Authentication Timing Side-Channel

- Also known as: GO-2026-4820, GHSA-7789-65HX-F26W
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.2-beta, 0.0.0-20260317230626-af08800667b8
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- gtsteffaniak filebrowser: fixed in 1.3.2-beta
- github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/backend (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260317230626-af08800667b8

## Description

FileBrowser Quantum is a free, self-hosted, web-based file manager. Prior to version 1.3.2-beta, the `/api/auth/login` authentication endpoint does not execute in constant time. When a non-existent username is supplied, the server returns a `401`/`403` response almost immediately. When a valid username is provided, the server performs a bcrypt password comparison, causing a measurable delay in the response time. Version 1.3.2-beta patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gtsteffaniak filebrowser, github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/backend, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.2-beta, 0.0.0-20260317230626-af08800667b8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-7789-65hx-f26w
- https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/commit/af08800667b874620edc6f44c3e2e64fec7abd85
- https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/releases/tag/v1.3.2-beta

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