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CVE

CVE-2026-54089

File Browser: Authentication Bypass via Proxy Auth Header Forgery
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CVE

CVE-2026-54089

File Browser: Authentication Bypass via Proxy Auth Header Forgery

File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Starting with 2.0.0-rc.1, when FileBrowser is configured with proxy authentication (auth.method=proxy), any unauthenticated attacker who can reach the server directly can impersonate any user - including admin - by sending a single forged HTTP header. No credentials are required. Additionally, specifying a non-existent username causes the server to automatically create a new user account, providing an account creation primitive with no authorization. This is an already known issue that has been documented in the documentation for several years, but has not been documented as a vulnerability before.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.1
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/main/auth/proxy.go, https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/blob/main/http/auth.go#L121-L137, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54089.json, https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-xqp3-jq6g-x3qm, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54089

Severity

9.1

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.1
EPSS Probability
0.00431%
EPSS Percentile
0.36236%
Introduced Version
f16ec4b45c559d9b986bef5f71ccf6df06b2f9e1,0
Fix Available
2.63.19-r0

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