Picsou login timing attack reveals valid usernames
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-208.
Summary
Picsou, a self-hosted personal finance dashboard from Zoeille, is affected before 1.0.8. The /api/auth/login endpoint throws BadCredentialsException immediately for unknown usernames, skipping the bcrypt password check that runs for existing usernames, so response timing reveals whether a username exists (CWE-208). A remote, unauthenticated attacker can measure repeated login latencies to enumerate valid usernames without credentials. The weakness does not read or change account data, but enumerated usernames can support credential stuffing or brute-force attacks.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Picsou is a self-hosted personal finance dashboard. In the affected login implementation, the `/api/auth/login` endpoint reveals whether a username exists through a timing discrepancy. In `backend/src/main/java/com/picsou/controller/AuthController.java`, `AuthController.login()` throws `BadCredentialsException` immediately for an unknown username, before `passwordEncoder.matches(...)`, whereas an existing username with an incorrect password incurs the `bcrypt` comparison cost. Both cases return the same generic `HTTP 401` response, but repeated latency measurements disclose valid usernames without credentials. Login rate limiting, a small user population, and deployments inaccessible from outside the local network limit practical exposure; the weakness does not itself read or modify account data, though enumerated usernames can assist credential stuffing or brute-force attacks. This issue is fixed in repository release 1.0.8.
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
Remediation
Upgrade picsou-finance to version 1.0.8, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA picsou-finance (Zoeille) Fixed in 1.0.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62860
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
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