Tinyauth: User enumeration attack by timing oracle
### Summary It's possible to enumerate users through a timing oracle. In other words: I can easily check if a username exists or not by observing the timing differences between logins. ### PoC Setup a tinyauth server with a local user. It can be over the network. Try to log in with the local user, using an incorrect password: there is a noticeable delay. You know that the user exists. Now try to log in with a username that does not exist, using an incorrect password: it will complete almost immediately. You know that the user does not exist. ### Expected vs actual behavior Login attempts should take roughly the same amount of time when the user exists vs when the user does not exist. Right now, nonexistent user attempts are way faster, meaning if your login attempt is slow, then the username exists for sure. ### Details Existing usernames will take an extra ~50 milliseconds to respond to login attempts, while non-existing usernames will take only ~50 microseconds (1000x less time) to return an incorrect password response. Even taking network traffic into consideration, it is trivial to check whether a local user exists or not. === Existing user, wrong password === #1: 50.52ms #2: 46.24ms #3: 43.57ms === Nonexistent user === #1: 43.03µs #2: 48.45µs #3: 59.33µs ### Suggested fix This can be solved by checking a dummy password hash when a user is not found before returning a query, this will mimic the exact same delay irrelevant of hardware capabilities. Potential patch: ``` Fro
GO-2026-6555
Revision 1
Tinyauth: User enumeration attack by timing oracle in github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth
Tinyauth: User enumeration attack by timing oracle in github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth
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Security context
Source reference: osv:GO-2026-6555
github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.1-0.20260714134959-c22925c2fba9
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"type": "SEMVER",
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"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth",
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"database_specific": {
"source": "https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2026-6555.json"
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]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77582
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #63827 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date
GHSA-456h-ww26-f758
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-456h-ww26-f758
github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.1-0.20260714134959-c22925c2fba9
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.1-0.20260714134959-c22925c2fba9"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth",
"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/tinyauthapp/tinyauth",
"ecosystem": "Go"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-456h-ww26-f758/GHSA-456h-ww26-f758.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77582
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #63972 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date