CVE 6.3 MEDIUM

PolarLearn Affected by User Enumeration via Argon2 Timing Attack on Sign-In Endpoint_CVE-2026-25222

6.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Description

PolarLearn is a free and open-source learning program. In 0-PRERELEASE-15 and earlier, a timing attack vulnerability in the sign-in process allows unauthenticated attackers to determine if a specific email address is registered on the platform. By measuring the response time of the login endpoint, an attacker can distinguish between valid and invalid email addresses. This occurs because the server only performs the computationally expensive Argon2 password hashing if the user exists in the database. Requests for existing users take significantly longer (~650ms) than requests for non-existent users (~160ms).

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-25222
Source GitHub_M
Published Feb 2, 2026 at 23:01

Affected Product

Vendor polarnl
Product PolarLearn
Version <= 0-PRERELEASE-15
Affected Versions polarnl PolarLearn <= 0-PRERELEASE-15

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