Description
HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.27.0, POST /api/v1/users/register and the users.email uniqueness constraint treat email addresses as case-sensitive while HomeBox uses a case-insensitive login lookup. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a victim's email can register a differently cased variant, creating duplicate rows that cause login to return 401 for both variants and deny the victim access, while also bypassing the one-account-per-email policy. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.0.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.27.0, POST /api/v1/users/register and the users.email uniqueness constraint treat email addresses as case-sensitive while HomeBox uses a case-insensitive login lookup. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a victim's email can register a differently cased variant, creating duplicate rows that cause login to return 401 for both variants and deny the victim access, while also bypassing the one-account-per-email policy. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.0.
Title HomeBox: Email Case-Sensitivity Bypass Allows Duplicate Account Creation and Login Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-1024
CWE-178
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T16:03:13.686Z

Reserved: 2026-09-03T16:37:49.262Z

Link: CVE-2026-85287

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-05T17:18:22.143

Modified: 2026-11-05T17:18:22.143

Link: CVE-2026-85287

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1024

    Comparison of Incompatible Types

  • CWE-178

    Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity