CVE-2026-37071CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-37071

Critical · published August 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Arbitrary File Rename Leading to Privilege Escalation in Actions::renameFile() function in Veno File Manager Project 4.4.9 allows an authenticated attacker with 'reanme' permission to take over the super administrator account via a specially crafted POST request to the affected endpoint renaming the application configuration file and triggering a rebuild of configuration and resetting super administrator credentials to default values.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00512 · 42.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-28T00:17Z
References (2)
http://veno.com · [email protected]https://github.com/jfs-jfs/CVE-2026-37071 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 AUG 00:00Z
    Arbitrary File Rename Leading to Privilege Escalation in Actions::renameFile() function in Veno File Manager Project 4.4.9 allows an authenticated attacker…
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