Automatisch through 0.15.0 User Enumeration via Forgot-Password Response Discrepancy
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-204.
Summary
Automatisch reveals whether an address is registered through the response to its forgot-password request. The controller at packages/backend/src/controllers/internal/api/v1/users/forgot-password.js looks the address up and chains a not-found throw onto the query, so an address with no account raises an error that the global handler renders as a not-found status, while a registered address proceeds to send the reset message and returns no-content. The route is mounted without authentication. Submitting candidate addresses and comparing the two status codes therefore establishes which addresses hold accounts, with no credential and no rate limiting in the path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| automatisch | automatisch | up to 0.15.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- automatisch Vendorautomatisch Affected up to 0.15.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81033
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p996-89cm-88c6
References
More automatisch vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-50825 automatisch - Server-Side Request Forgery via HTTP Request Custom Action CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-81033 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81033 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p996-89cm-88c6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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