CVE-2026-33072

FileRise: Default Encryption Key Enables Token Forgery and Config Decryption

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Updated
Mar 20, 2026
Reserved
Mar 17, 2026

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Description

FileRise is a self-hosted web file manager / WebDAV server. In versions prior to 3.9.0, a hardcoded default encryption key (default_please_change_this_key) is used for all cryptographic operations — HMAC token generation, AES config encryption, and session tokens — allowing any unauthenticated attacker to forge upload tokens for arbitrary file upload to shared folders, and to decrypt admin configuration secrets including OIDC client secrets and SMTP passwords. FileRise uses a single key (PERSISTENT_TOKENS_KEY) for all crypto operations. The default value default_please_change_this_key is hardcoded in two places and used unless the deployer explicitly overrides the environment variable. This issue is fixed in version 3.9.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
  • CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FileRiseerror311
  • < 3.9.0Affected

References

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