Kimai before 2.54.0 contains a timing oracle vulnerability in TokenAuthenticator that allows unauthenticated attackers to enumerate valid usernames via X-AUTH-USER header. Attackers can measure response time differences when the password hasher runs only for existing users, enabling username enumeration with no login throttling protection.

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Description Kimai before 2.54.0 contains a timing oracle vulnerability in TokenAuthenticator that allows unauthenticated attackers to enumerate valid usernames via X-AUTH-USER header. Attackers can measure response time differences when the password hasher runs only for existing users, enabling username enumeration with no login throttling protection.
Title Kimai before 2.54.0 Username Enumeration via Timing Oracle
First Time appeared Kimai
Kimai kimai
Weaknesses CWE-208
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kimai
Kimai kimai
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

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Updated: 2026-08-25T23:19:05.166Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T23:14:37.730Z

Link: CVE-2026-80199

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Updated: 2026-08-26T01:45:03Z

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