CVE-2026-72836

FileBrowser before 2.63.19 Case Sensitivity Authentication Bypass

State
Published
Severity
9.2 Critical
Published
Aug 14, 2026
Updated
Aug 18, 2026
Reserved
Aug 10, 2026

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Description

FileBrowser before 2.63.19 does not account for case-insensitive filesystems when checking home directory ownership during self-registration. When Signup and CreateUserDir are enabled and FileBrowser's root is on a case-insensitive filesystem (confirmed on Windows/NTFS), two self-registered usernames that differ only in letter case (e.g., CaseVictim and casevictim) are stored as distinct accounts but resolve to the same physical home directory, because the scope-ownership check compares the persisted scope as an exact case-sensitive string. A second registrant can therefore read, overwrite, and delete another account's files through authenticated HTTP endpoints, without needing an existing account or victim interaction.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.09.2 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

Affected Products

ProductVersions
filebrowserfilebrowser
  • before 2.63.19Affected
  • 2.63.19Not affected

References

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