External Control of File Name or Path in Roundcube Webmail - CVE-2026-48847

 

External Control of File Name or Path in Roundcube Webmail - CVE-2026-48847

Published: May 25, 2026 / Updated: September 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132218
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48847
CWE-ID: CWE-73
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in session handling when session data can be poisoned through redis or memcache. A remote non-authenticated attacker can poison session data to delete arbitrary files.


Affected software

Roundcube Webmail
Debian Linux
roundcube (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-48847

Install security update from vendor's website.

Roundcube Webmail - addressed in versions 1.6.16, 1.7.1
roundcube (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u9, 1.6.16+dfsg-0+deb13u1

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