CVE-2026-54089 (GCVE-0-2026-54089)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-25 17:46
Modified
2026-06-25 18:33
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
filebrowser filebrowser Version: >= 2.0.0-rc.1
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