CVE-2026-90927 PUBLISHED

filebrowser through 2.63.23 Denial of Service via unbounded WebSocket message

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 14.09.2026 Published: 14.09.2026 Updated: 14.09.2026

filebrowser through 2.63.23 fails to limit WebSocket message size in the /api/command handler before checking permissions, allowing authenticated users to buffer arbitrarily large messages. Attackers can send oversized WebSocket messages to exhaust server heap memory and cause denial of service regardless of EnableExec setting or Execute permission.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor filebrowser
Product filebrowser
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.63.23 (incl.)

Credits

  • alham-rizvi reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE