immich up to 2.7.2 Name cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in immich up to 2.7.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Name Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-40096. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in immich up to 2.7.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

immich is a high performance self-hosted photo and video management solution. Versions prior to 2.7.3 contain an open redirect vulnerability in the shared album functionality, where the album name is inserted unsanitized into a tag in api.service.ts. A registered attacker can create a shared album with a crafted name containing 0;url=https://attackersite.com" http-equiv="refresh, which when rendered in the tag causes the victim's browser to redirect to an attacker-controlled site upon opening the share link. This facilitates phishing attacks, as the attacker could host a modified version of immich that collects login credentials from victims who believe they need to authenticate to view the shared album. This issue has been fixed in version 2.7.3.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-40096 since 04/09/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• immich

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• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1
• 2.7.2

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