Description
File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Starting with 2.0.0-rc.1, when FileBrowser is configured with proxy authentication (auth.method=proxy), any unauthenticated attacker who can reach the server directly can impersonate any user - including admin - by sending a single forged HTTP header. No credentials are required. Additionally, specifying a non-existent username causes the server to automatically create a new user account, providing an account creation primitive with no authorization. This is an already known issue that has been documented in the documentation for several years, but has not been documented as a vulnerability before.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| filebrowser | filebrowser | >= 2.0.0-rc.1 | — |
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.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | filebrowser | 2.63.19-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | filebrowser-compat | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser | all versions | — | GO-2026-5966 |
| Go | github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2 | >= 2.0.0-rc.1, <= 2.63.18 | — | GHSA-xqp3-jq6g-x3qm |
| Go | github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2 | >= 2.0.0-rc.1 | — | GO-2026-5966 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026