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TI-2026-83402 Aliases CVE-2026-62860

Picsou login timing attack reveals valid usernames

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-208Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00236 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed picsou-finance (Zoeille): 1.0.8

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Zoeillepicsou-financebefore 1.0.81.0.8Patch availableCNA
  • picsou-finance VendorZoeille Affected before 1.0.8 Fixed in 1.0.8 Patch available CNA

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

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62860
  2. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-11-06 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Sources

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