GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-mrvp-7wmx-5m4h Contao: Path traversal in the images controller
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-107844
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- contao/core-bundle
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-09
Affected packages
• Packagist contao/core-bundle: >= 4.1.0, < 5.3.50 → fixed in 5.3.50
• Packagist contao/core-bundle: >= 5.4.0-RC1, < 5.7.12 → fixed in 5.7.12
Description
`ImagesController` joins the user controlled `{path}` onto the configured image target directory with `Path::join()`, which canonicalises `..` segments, and never calls `Path::isBasePath()` to confirm the result stayed inside that directory. An unauthenticated GET with percent encoded dot segments therefore escapes the directory and the file is returned by `BinaryFileResponse`. Reads are bounded to the extensions in `contao.image.valid_extensions`, and paths below the upload directory fail for an unrelated reason, so this is reported as a missing boundary check rather than as a general arbitrary file read. Both Apache with the shipped `public/.htaccess` and nginx with the documented configuration are affected.
Impact
Any unauthenticated visitor can read files that are deliberately kept outside the document root, anywhere under the project directory, as long as the name ends in one of `contao.image.valid_extensions` (`jpg`, `jpeg`, `gif`, `png`, `tif`, `tiff`, `bmp`, `svg`, `svgz`, `webp`). The route also acts as an existence oracle for arbitrary paths, and on a debug enabled instance the 404 message discloses the absolute filesystem path.
Honesty caveat, stated because it lowers the severity. The reporter could not use this to read protected member folders: every path below the upload directory returns 500 for the reason given under Details, so the practically reachable set is image typed files outside `files/`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-107844 Contao is an Open Source CMS. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-mrvp-7wmx-5m4h web
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/867c055122fdf12220f973f862082037b695b9bd web
- https://github.com/contao/contao package
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/5.3.50 web
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/5.7.12 web