CVE-2026-54090

File Browser: Command Allowlist Bypass via Shell Metacharacter Injection

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 05:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFilebrowser

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Prior to 2.33.8, when a shell interpreter is configured (e.g. /bin/sh -c), the command allowlist can be bypassed through shell metacharacters. The allowlist validates only the first token of user input, but the entire raw string is handed to the shell — semicolons, pipes, backticks, and $() all work to chain arbitrary commands after a permitted one. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.8.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.33.8
Affected range stops below 2.33.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

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CVSS

8.7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-184

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