CVE-2026-54089CWE-287CWE-290

File Browser: Authentication Bypass via Proxy Auth Header Forgery

Critical · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Starting with 2.0.0-rc.1, when FileBrowser is configured with proxy authentication (auth.method=proxy), any unauthenticated attacker who can reach the server directly can impersonate any user - including admin - by sending a single forged HTTP header. No credentials are required. Additionally, specifying a non-existent username causes the server to automatically create a new user account, providing an account creation primitive with no authorization. This is an already known issue that has been documented in the documentation for several years, but has not been documented as a vulnerability before.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00612 · 48.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication; CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Published
2026-06-25T17:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 17:46Z
    File Browser: Authentication Bypass via Proxy Auth Header Forgery
    cvelistv5