CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-63358
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-05
- Assigner
- 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
- CVSS 4.0 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
FileGator accepts arbitrary Unix permission values via the '/chmoditems' API endpoint and passes the value directly to PHP's native 'chmod()' function through 'octdec()' conversion, with no validation. This allows an authenticated user with 'chmod' permission to upgrade their privileges to root.
Affected configurations
• filegator filegator (< 7.14.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- https://github.com/filegator/filegator/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#7142---2026-05-18 Release Notes
- https://github.com/filegator/filegator/commit/4a44ed9a43f84505703dce669c68fb55270c3f2c Patch
- https://github.com/filegator/filegator/tree/master Product
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-202-03.json VDB Entry
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63358 VDB Entry