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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-44542 EUVD-2026-30344GHSA-fwj3-42wh-8673GO-2026-5383

FileBrowser Quantum: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Public Share Delete Allows Arbitrary File Deletion

Published May 14, 2026 · Updated May 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

FileBrowser Quantum is a free, self-hosted, web-based file manager. Prior to 1.3.1-stable and 1.3.9-beta, attacker-controlled path input is joined with a trusted base path prior to sanitization, allowing traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to escape the intended shared directory. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker possessing a valid public share hash with delete permissions enabled can delete arbitrary files outside the shared directory within the share owner’s configured storage scope. This affects public/api/resources and public/api/resources/bulk. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1-stable and 1.3.9-beta.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gtsteffaniak filebrowser < 1.3.1-stable, < 1.3.9-beta —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser < 0.0.0-20260501183844-112740bdd41d 0.0.0-20260501183844-112740bdd41d GHSA-fwj3-42wh-8673

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