SB2026062987 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FileBrowser
Published: June 29, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-55667)
CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to delete arbitrary files outside the intended scope and cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper link resolution before file access in the upload failure-cleanup path when handling a crafted upload request to a path containing a symlinked ancestor. A remote user can send a specially crafted upload request to delete out-of-scope files and directories.
Exploitation requires a pre-existing escaping directory symlink inside the user's scope. If the target is a directory, deletion is recursive.
2) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-55668)
CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to create files outside their intended scope.
The vulnerability exists due to improper link resolution before file access in ScopedFs when handling write and create operations through a dangling symlink. A remote user can send a specially crafted write request targeting a dangling symlink to create files outside their intended scope.
Exploitation requires Create and Modify permissions and a dangling symlink to a non-existent out-of-scope target to be present inside the user's scope.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-fmm7-x4gx-8jhr
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/be23ab3a15bf957928ecfed88de5ab67850c1b9c/http/resource.go#L172-L174
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-8wc8-hf36-mjh9
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/be23ab3a15bf957928ecfed88de5ab67850c1b9c