CVE-2026-72836
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 46 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.2–9.2
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affected products (1)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/fe7efb2e6afe66774cd86a5b0a03033bd514d0c0cnnvd
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84cnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filebrowser-before-case-sensitivity-authentication-bypasscnnvd
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/fe7efb2e6afe66774cd86a5b0a03033bd514d0c0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filebrowser-before-case-sensitivity-authentication-bypassenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/fe7efb2e6afe66774cd86a5b0a03033bd514d0c0nvd
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84nvd
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