Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions Affecting github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/http package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.32% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMFILEBROWSERFILEBROWSERHTTP-17987666
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-62685  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-647  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/http.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions in the cleanUsername process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to another user's files by registering a username that normalizes to the same home directory as an existing user. This is only exploitable if both user signup and automatic user directory creation are enabled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1