File Browser versions before 2.63.20 fail to honor the createUserDir isolation in proxy and hook authentication auto-provisioning paths. Attackers with valid upstream-authenticated credentials can read, modify, delete, and share files belonging to other users by exploiting the server root scope assignment.

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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Filebrowser
Filebrowser filebrowser
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Filebrowser filebrowser

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Description File Browser versions before 2.63.20 fail to honor the createUserDir isolation in proxy and hook authentication auto-provisioning paths. Attackers with valid upstream-authenticated credentials can read, modify, delete, and share files belonging to other users by exploiting the server root scope assignment.
Title File Browser before 2.63.20 Privilege Escalation via Proxy Authentication
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T14:36:14.428Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T15:13:41.486Z

Link: CVE-2026-72837

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T14:36:10.665Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T12:16:47.187

Modified: 2026-08-14T15:17:11.050

Link: CVE-2026-72837

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T13:15:17Z

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