Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 contains an account enumeration vulnerability in the auth check endpoint due to timing discrepancies in password verification. Attackers can measure response times across multiple requests to determine which accounts exist by observing that existing accounts trigger bcrypt verification while non-existent accounts return immediately.
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| Description | Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 contains an account enumeration vulnerability in the auth check endpoint due to timing discrepancies in password verification. Attackers can measure response times across multiple requests to determine which accounts exist by observing that existing accounts trigger bcrypt verification while non-existent accounts return immediately. | |
| Title | Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 Account Enumeration via Auth Timing | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-08-29T12:05:35.516Z
Updated: 2026-08-31T18:53:09.169Z
Reserved: 2026-08-29T11:37:30.208Z
Link: CVE-2026-82449
Updated: 2026-08-31T16:34:06.568Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-08-29T13:16:39.030
Modified: 2026-08-31T20:56:08.800
Link: CVE-2026-82449
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