CVE-2026-72814 PUBLISHED

actix-web before 0.6.10 Information Disclosure via Files

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 14.08.2026 Updated: 14.08.2026

The actix-files crate (actix_files) before version 0.6.10 contains an information exposure vulnerability. When a non-existing folder is passed as the serve_from argument to Files::new(), the mount path defaults to an empty path; the service then joins the request path with this empty path and canonicalizes it, causing Rust to resolve it as a relative path. As a result, an attacker can request paths that resolve relative to the application's working directory and access unintended files.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor actix
Product actix-web
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.6.10 (excl.)
  • Version 0.6.10 is unaffected

Credits

  • Angelmmiguel reporter
  • JohnTitor finder

References

Problem Types

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