CVE-2026-54089

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.1
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2
PublishedJun 25, 2026
First seenJun 25, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2Go2.0.0-rc.1 ≤ v ≤ 2.63.18, 2.0.0-rc.1 ≤ v—
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