CVE-2026-75592

Kirby: Access to image files outside of the site root via path traversal in the media handling

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 31, 2026 at 08:49 PM UTC
Updated: September 8, 2026 at 09:29 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKirby

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.5 and 5.5.2, depending on the release line, Kirby's media handler used incomplete filesystem containment checks in src/Filesystem/Dir.php and src/Filesystem/F.php through Kirby\Filesystem\Dir::realpath() and Kirby\Filesystem\F::realpath(). The checks accepted a sibling directory whose path shared the intended root's string prefix, such as /var/www/site2 next to /var/www/site, because they did not require an exact match or a DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR boundary. A remote attacker could use Kirby\Cms\Media::thumb() to create and access thumbnails from image files in a PHP-readable sibling directory when that directory contained a valid .json thumbnail job file, potentially exposing staging sites, backups, or other internal sites and deleting the job file during processing. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.5 and 5.5.2.

Affected

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

60%
v < 4.9.5v < 5.5.2
Affected range stops below 4.9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22

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