CVE-2026-44542 PUBLISHED

FileBrowser Quantum: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Public Share Delete Allows Arbitrary File Deletion

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.05.2026 Published: 14.05.2026 Updated: 14.05.2026

FileBrowser Quantum is a free, self-hosted, web-based file manager. Prior to 1.3.1-stable and 1.3.9-beta, attacker-controlled path input is joined with a trusted base path prior to sanitization, allowing traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to escape the intended shared directory. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker possessing a valid public share hash with delete permissions enabled can delete arbitrary files outside the shared directory within the share owner’s configured storage scope. This affects public/api/resources and public/api/resources/bulk. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1-stable and 1.3.9-beta.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor gtsteffaniak
Product filebrowser
Versions
  • Version < 1.3.1-stable is affected
  • Version < 1.3.9-beta is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE