CVE-2026-28492 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Filebrowser

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FilebrowserGithub.com Filebrowser Filebrowser V2
Timeline
PublishedMar 5
Latest updateMar 10

Description

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to version 2.61.0, when a user creates a public share link for a directory, the withHashFile middleware in http/public.go uses filepath.Dir(link.Path) to compute the BasePathFs root. This sets the filesystem root to the parent directory instead of the shared directory itself, allowing anyone with the share link to browse and download files from …

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5filebrowser/filebrowser< 2.61.0
▶NVDfilebrowser/filebrowser2.0.0 — 2.61.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
FileBrowser has Path Traversal in Public Share Links that Exposes Files Outside Shared Directory in github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser↗2026-03-10
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CVEList
File Browser: Path Traversal in Public Share Links Exposes Files Outside Shared Directory↗2026-03-05
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GHSA
FileBrowser has Path Traversal in Public Share Links that Exposes Files Outside Shared Directory↗2026-03-02
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OSV
FileBrowser has Path Traversal in Public Share Links that Exposes Files Outside Shared Directory↗2026-03-02
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-28492 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2026-28492 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase