Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Affecting filebrowser package, versions <2.36.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-FILEBROWSER-15384258
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed30 Jun 2025

Introduced: 30 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-52997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1392  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi filebrowser to version 2.36.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream filebrowser package and not the filebrowser package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to version 2.34.1, a missing password policy and brute-force protection makes the authentication process insecure. Attackers could mount a brute-force attack to retrieve the passwords of all accounts in a given instance. This issue has been patched in version 2.34.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1