# CVE-2026-85286: HomeBox: Timing Side-Channel in Login Endpoint Allows User Enumeration via Bcrypt Hashing Delay

- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.27.0
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-85286 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 3.7 (low) and affects homebox; fixed in 0.27.0.

## Summary

HomeBox, a home inventory and organization system, has a timing side-channel flaw in its login endpoint that lets a remote attacker without logging in tell which email addresses have registered accounts. The attacker gains only that information about existing users, not access to accounts or data.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- sysadminsmedia homebox: fixed in 0.27.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sysadminsmedia homebox, upgrade to a fixed version (0.27.0) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-85286 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85286

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85286?

homebox: before 0.27.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85286

### How do I fix CVE-2026-85286?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.27.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85286

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## References

- https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox/security/advisories/GHSA-4p8r-vm9v-c9pm
- https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox/commit/66809ce3583cbd0b43e8f5ce30cc269a1cfe4201
- https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox/releases/tag/v0.27.0

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