Timing Attack Affecting github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/backend/database/storage package, versions <1.3.2-beta


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGTSTEFFANIAKFILEBROWSERBACKENDDATABASESTORAGE-15763536
  • published25 Mar 2026
  • disclosed24 Mar 2026
  • creditMichael Coxe

Introduced: 24 Mar 2026

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/backend/database/storage to version 1.3.2-beta or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via the Auth function in the authentication. An attacker can determine the existence of valid usernames by measuring differences in authentication response times.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1