CVE-2026-25890File Browser has a Path-Based Access Control Bypass via Multiple Leading Slashes in URL
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to 2.57.1, an authenticated user can bypass the application's "Disallow" file path rules by modifying the request URL. By adding multiple slashes (e.g., //private/) to the path, the authorization check fails to match the rule, while the underlying filesystem resolves the path correctly, granting unauthorized access to restricted files. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.57.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
- affected < 2.57.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2GHSA-4mh3-h929-w968 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-4mh3-h929-w968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/489af403a19057f6b6b4b1dc0e48cbb26a202ef9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/releases/tag/v2.57.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-6866 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4mh3-h929-w968 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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