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filebrowser EUVDEUVD-2026-43234

| CVE-2026-61874 LOW
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-07-12 VulnCheck GHSA-7cj6-cw3p-4jpw
2.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate to filebrowser with low-privilege account
  2. Delivery
    Create public share for target directory
  3. Exploit
    Delete directory using trailing-slash path to bypass share index cleanup
  4. Execution
    Recreate directory at identical path
  5. Persist
    Victim user places files in recreated directory
  6. Impact
    New contents silently exposed via dormant public share URL

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated filebrowser account (PR:L per CVSS vector) with permission to create public shares and delete directories on a deployment running any version prior to 2.63.17. The specific trigger is issuing a directory deletion request using a trailing-slash path variant (e.g., /dirname/ instead of /dirname), which is the condition that bypasses share index cleanup in DeleteWithPathPrefix. Attack complexity is high (AC:H) because the attacker must orchestrate a delete-and-recreate sequence at the same path, and the confidentiality exposure depends on other users placing files in the recreated directory. Single-user self-hosted filebrowser instances face negligible practical risk. Exploitation is constrained to confidentiality only - there is no code execution, privilege escalation, or data modification vector.

Impact

The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) scores 2.3 and accurately reflects the constrained risk profile. PR:L confirms authentication is required; AC:H and AT:P together indicate that exploitation demands a specific multi-step sequence with attack prerequisites (the attacker must control a shared directory and successfully delete and recreate it at the same path). The confidentiality impact is limited to VC:L - partial exposure of newly-placed file contents through a stale share URL - with no integrity or availability impact. No CISA KEV listing and no identified public proof-of-concept code confirm this is not subject to active widespread exploitation. EPSS data was not provided; given the authentication requirement and high complexity, opportunistic mass exploitation is unlikely. Risk is primarily relevant to multi-tenant filebrowser deployments where malicious authenticated insiders can target files uploaded by other users to recreated directories.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated user on a shared filebrowser instance creates a public share for /team-docs/ and records the resulting public URL. The attacker then issues a delete request for /team-docs/ (with trailing slash), which bypasses path normalization in DeleteWithPathPrefix and leaves the share record intact. When any user later recreates the /team-docs/ directory and populates it with sensitive documents, those files are immediately accessible to anyone who holds the original public share URL, without any further action by the attacker.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 12, 2026

Path normalization failure in filebrowser's DeleteWithPathPrefix function allows authenticated users on versions before 2.63.17 to leave stale public share records intact by deleting directories with trailing-slash paths. After deletion, an attacker can recreate the same directory path and cause its new contents to be silently exposed through the previously dormant, still-valid public share URL. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the vendor-confirmed CVSS 4.0 score of 2.3 reflects the high complexity and limited confidentiality impact.

RemediationAI

Upgrade filebrowser to version 2.63.17 or later, which incorporates the fix committed at https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/be23ab3a15bf957928ecfed88de5ab67850c1b9c. Administrators who cannot immediately patch should audit all active public shares via the admin interface and manually revoke any shares referencing directories that have previously been deleted and recreated; this eliminates existing stale share entries without requiring an upgrade. As an alternative compensating control, disabling public share functionality entirely removes the attack surface at the cost of losing the file-sharing feature for all users. Restricting directory deletion permissions to administrators only limits the pool of potential attackers in multi-tenant deployments but does not eliminate the underlying flaw.

Affected VersionsENISA

filebrowser 0 <2.63.17

Affected Packages

euvd filebrowser fix: 2.63.17

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

filebrowser is a self-hosted web-based file management application. The flaw resides in DeleteWithPathPrefix, the function responsible for cleaning up share index entries when a directory is removed. Because the function does not normalize the supplied path before querying the share index, a trailing-slash variant of a directory path (e.g., /shared-dir/ rather than /shared-dir) fails to match the indexed share record, leaving that record orphaned. CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) classifies this root cause: the authorization enforcement for share lifecycle management is incomplete because it silently ignores path variants, producing a broken invariant where a logically deleted resource retains a live public access token. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:filebrowser:filebrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* indicates all filebrowser versions are potentially in scope, bounded by the fix in 2.63.17.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 2.3 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 3.1 LOW

Network-reachable but requires authenticated access (PR:L) and a specific trailing-slash delete/recreate sequence (AC:H); confidentiality impact is partial via stale share URL only (C:L), no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

filebrowser versions before 2.63.17 fail to normalize paths before querying the share index in DeleteWithPathPrefix, allowing authenticated users to leave stale public shares behind. Attackers can delete a shared directory using a trailing-slash path, then recreate the same directory to expose new contents through the dormant public share URL.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche self-hosted file manager, limited enterprise footprint
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment CIRCL GitHub VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

12
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +12
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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