Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-72836

CVE-2026-72836

filebrowser filebrowser — FileBrowser before 2.63.19 Case Sensitivity Authentication Bypass

Description · from the CVE record

FileBrowser before 2.63.19 does not account for case-insensitive filesystems when checking home directory ownership during self-registration. When Signup and CreateUserDir are enabled and FileBrowser's root is on a case-insensitive filesystem (confirmed on Windows/NTFS), two self-registered usernames that differ only in letter case (e.g., CaseVictim and casevictim) are stored as distinct accounts but resolve to the same physical home directory, because the scope-ownership check compares the persisted scope as an exact case-sensitive string. A second registrant can therefore read, overwrite, and delete another account's files through authenticated HTTP endpoints, without needing an existing account or victim interaction.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
filebrowser< 2.63.192.63.19CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheck (CNA)8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

exploitgithub.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84patchgithub.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/fe7efb2e6afe66774cd86a5b0a03033bd514d0c0writeupvulncheck.com/advisories/filebrowser-before-case-sensitivity-authentication-bypass