CVE-2026-72834 PUBLISHED

filebrowser before 2.63.19 Permission Bypass via checksum

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

filebrowser before 2.63.19 contains a permission bypass in the /api/resources endpoint. The checksum (?checksum=) branch of resourceGetHandler reads the entire file to compute a digest and returns it without performing a Perm.Download check (unlike the sibling raw, preview, and subtitle paths). As a result, an authenticated user provisioned with Perm.Download=false can obtain a content-hash oracle for any same-scope file (md5/sha1/sha256/sha512), enabling confirmation of known/guessed content, change detection, and offline brute-force of low-entropy files. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-35606; it bypasses only the Download permission and does not defeat scope/path authorization.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor filebrowser
Product filebrowser
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.63.19 (excl.)
  • Version 2.63.19 is unaffected

Credits

  • arpitjain099 reporter
  • hacdias finder

References

Problem Types

  • Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE