CVE-2026-54739

Lemmy: Login Endpoint User Enumeration via HTTP Response Code Differential

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 08:16 PM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 09:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLemmy Lemmy

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-beta.1, Lemmy's login endpoint in crates/api/api/src/local_user/login.rs returns different errors depending on whether the username_or_email value exists. LocalUserView::find_by_email_or_name propagates a NotFound response for an unknown account, while an existing account with a wrong password returns LemmyErrorType::IncorrectLogin. This observable response discrepancy, including HTTP 404 for a nonexistent account and HTTP 400 for an incorrect password on an existing account, allows an unauthenticated attacker to confirm registered usernames or email addresses and use the results for targeted credential attacks or social engineering. This issue is fixed in versions 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-beta.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.19.19v < 1.0.0-beta.1
Affected range stops below 0.19.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.0.0-beta.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-204

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