xemle home-gallery up to 1.20.x path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in xemle home-gallery up to 1.20.x. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-28679. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xemle home-gallery up to 1.20.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-28679 since 03/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.21.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-9989). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 8.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: home-gallery 1.21.0

Timelineinfo

03/02/2026 CVE reserved
03/06/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed
03/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/11/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-xj65-hcj5-h6j3
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-28679 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349307
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2026 07:02
Updated: 03/11/2026 23:08
Changes: 03/06/2026 07:02 (66), 03/06/2026 07:53 (1), 03/11/2026 23:08 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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