CVE-2026-72814

Medium

Description

The actix-files crate (actix_files) before version 0.6.10 contains an information exposure vulnerability. When a non-existing folder is passed as the serve_from argument to Files::new(), the mount path defaults to an empty path; the service then joins the request path with this empty path and canonicalizes it, causing Rust to resolve it as a relative path. As a result, an attacker can request paths that resolve relative to the application's working directory and access unintended files.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductActix-files
PublishedAug 14, 2026
First seenAug 14, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • actix actix-files0.6.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
actix actix-filesv < 0.6.100.6.10

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