CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-71209

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-08-05 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-05
Last modified
2026-10-24
Assigner
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
CVSS 3.1 (309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check (server/routers/Auth.js) matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joins this decoded value into a cache file path and streams the result before any database-backed ownership check.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References