Time-based user enumeration in TREK authentication endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-203.
Summary
TREK is a collaborative travel planner. Prior to 3.0.18, early return on missing user during login flow allowed an attacker to enumerate valid user accounts via response timing discrepancy. When an email address existed in the database, the backend performed a bcrypt password comparison before returning a 401 Unauthorized, adding ~370 ms of latency. When the email did not exist, the backend returned immediately (~10 ms). This ~14× timing difference could be detected without any difference in HTTP status codes or response bodies. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.18.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mauriceboe | TREK | before 3.0.18 | 3.0.18 | Patch available | CNA |
- TREK Vendormauriceboe Affected before 3.0.18 Fixed in 3.0.18 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA TREK (mauriceboe) Fixed in 3.0.18
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45410
References
More mauriceboe vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-53961 TREK: Server-Side Request Forgery via User-Configurable LLM Base URL CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-53960 TREK: Cross-user note-file deletion (IDOR / Broken Access Control) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-53966 Information disclosure in mauriceboe TREK CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-39355 TREK IDOR: any authenticated user can read another user's journey share token (full journey leak) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-39351 TREK: Stored cross-user HTML injection via trip title in the Journey suggestion banner CVSS 4.0LOW 2.0
- TI-2026-28999 Missing Authorization on Immich Trip Photo Routes in TREK CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
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