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01 Record

CVE-2026-116682

FileBrowser Quantum: Symlink following escapes user scope allowing arbitrary file read outside the served directory

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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02 Description

FileBrowser Quantum: Symlink following escapes user scope allowing arbitrary file read outside the served directory

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 45.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-10-27 17:48Z2 DAYS AGO
Last updated
2026-10-27 17:48Z2 DAYS AGO
Reserved
2026-10-26
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
  • CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
Data version
5.2
Document digest
09a40f2144d7a68f4fc7b0eaf215a79761cd8cd73f3f8c4d7712d5fccd0edf0a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
gtsteffaniakfilebrowser< 1.5.2-stable, >= 2.0.0-beta, < 2.0.1-beta—

06 References