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Users enumeration - weak password login

Type: advisorySources: OSV

When logging in with the correct username and incorrect weak password, the user receives the notification, that their password is too weak. However when an incorrect username is provided alongside with a weak password, the application responds with ’Invalid credentials’ notification. This difference could be used to perform username enumeration.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-47059
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 17:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Users enumeration - weak password login

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Sept 2024, 21:19 UTC

When logging in with the correct username and incorrect weak password, the user receives the notification, that their password is too weak. However when an incorrect username is provided alongside with a weak password, the application responds with ’Invalid credentials’ notification. This difference could be used to perform username enumeration.

osv:CVE-2024-47059
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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