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CVE-2026-26279: Froxlor has Admin-to-Root Privilege Escalation via Input Validation Bypass + OS Command Injection

March 3, 2026 (updated March 4, 2026)

A typo in Froxlor’s input validation code (== instead of =) completely disables email format checking for all settings fields declared as email type. This allows an authenticated admin to store arbitrary strings — including shell metacharacters — in the panel.adminmail setting. This value is later concatenated into a shell command executed as root by a cron job, where the pipe character | is explicitly whitelisted. The result is full root-level Remote Code Execution.


References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-33mp-8p67-xj7c
  • github.com/froxlor/Froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-33mp-8p67-xj7c
  • github.com/froxlor/froxlor
  • github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/22249677107f8f39f8d4a238605641e87dab4343
  • github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.4
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26279

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.3.4

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.4 or above.

Impact 9.1 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-482: Comparing instead of Assigning
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

packagist/froxlor/froxlor/CVE-2026-26279.yml

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