EIP-2026-103970

PRE-CVE

Lighttpd < 1.4.23 (BSD/Solaris) - Source Code Disclosure

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-103970. PoCs published by venatir.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed technical analysis of a vulnerability in Lighttpd (<1.4.23) caused by a filesystem bug in FreeBSD, OS X, and Solaris (<10) where trailing slashes on symlinks are silently dropped. This allows attackers to bypass suffix-based access controls (e.g., .php) and leak source code.

Description

Lighttpd < 1.4.23 (BSD/Solaris) - Source Code Disclosure

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by venatir · textremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8786

This is a detailed technical analysis of a vulnerability in Lighttpd (<1.4.23) caused by a filesystem bug in FreeBSD, OS X, and Solaris (<10) where trailing slashes on symlinks are silently dropped. This allows attackers to bypass suffix-based access controls (e.g., .php) and leak source code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Lighttpd <1.4.23
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Symlink to a .php file on a vulnerable filesystem (FreeBSD, OS X, or Solaris <10) · Lighttpd server with suffix-based access controls
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026