CVE-2026-110176
File Force Download for Drupal 7 Access Bypass via Unconditional Download Headers
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Oct 31, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 31, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 13, 2026
Description
The File Force Download module for Drupal 7 implements hook_file_download() to add a Content-Disposition header when a file URL carries the download query parameter. In Drupal 7, returning a non-empty header array from that hook is itself a grant of access to the file.
In versions 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, the module only delegated to other modules' hook_file_download() implementations when the file was in the private scheme. For every other scheme it returned its headers without any check. An unauthenticated visitor who appended download=1 to the URL of a file in the temporary:// scheme, or in a stream wrapper supplied by another module, could retrieve the file, overriding the access checks that would otherwise have applied. Files in the public and private schemes are not affected.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | drupal |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
File Force DownloadDrupal |
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References
- HeroDevs vulnerability directory: CVE-2026-110176third-party-advisory
- Tag1 D7ES advisory: File Force Download - Critical - Access Bypassthird-party-advisory
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