Filebrowser up to 2.63.16 permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Filebrowser up to 2.63.16. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-72839. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Filebrowser up to 2.63.16. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

filebrowser through 2.63.16 fails to properly restrict scope and permissions when self-signup is enabled with default CreateUserDir setting. Unauthenticated attackers can register accounts that inherit the server root scope with full create, modify, delete, rename, share, and download permissions, allowing unrestricted access to all files.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-72839 since 08/10/2026. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/14/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Name

• Filebrowser

Version

• 2.63.0
• 2.63.1
• 2.63.2
• 2.63.3
• 2.63.4
• 2.63.5
• 2.63.6
• 2.63.7
• 2.63.8
• 2.63.9
• 2.63.10
• 2.63.11
• 2.63.12
• 2.63.13
• 2.63.14
• 2.63.15
• 2.63.16

Website

• Product: https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/

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