CVE-2026-54089

CRITICAL

File Browser: Authentication Bypass via Proxy Auth Header Forgery

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 35.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-290
Status published
Products (2)
filebrowser/filebrowser 2.0.0-rc.1 - 2.63.18Go
filebrowser/filebrowser >= 2.0.0-rc.1
Published Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 26, 2026