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CVE-2026-55667: File Browser: Out-of-scope file deletion by a Create-only scoped user via symlink-following RemoveAll in upload failure-cleanup

July 20, 2026

A scoped, non-admin File Browser user holding only the Create permission can delete arbitrary files outside their scope (other tenants’ data, and the application’s own database) via the upload failure-cleanup path. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-54094: the v2.63.14 ScopedFs containment wrapper was applied to read/write/list/rename but NOT to the delete path. Confidentiality is preserved (reads stay blocked); integrity and availability are not.

ScopedFs.RemoveAll is the one dereferencing operation that skips the symlink guard every other method enforces. The direct-upload handler runs RemoveAll on the user-controlled path during failed-upload cleanup, gated only by Perm.Create. If an escaping directory symlink already exists inside the user’s scope, an authenticated create-only user can delete an out-of-scope target, bypassing both the ScopedFs boundary and the Perm.Delete gate.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmm7-x4gx-8jhr
  • github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/be23ab3a15bf957928ecfed88de5ab67850c1b9c/http/resource.go
  • github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-fmm7-x4gx-8jhr
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55667

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.63.16

Fixed versions

  • 2.63.16

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.63.16 or above.

Impact 8.2 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Source file

go/github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/CVE-2026-55667.yml

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