{"id":"CVE-2026-72836","aliases":["EUVD-2026-58650","GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84","GHSA-f37p-wpgx-m9mr"],"status":"published","title":"FileBrowser before 2.63.19 Case Sensitivity Authentication Bypass","description":"FileBrowser before 2.63.19 does not account for case-insensitive filesystems when checking home directory ownership during self-registration. When Signup and CreateUserDir are enabled and FileBrowser's root is on a case-insensitive filesystem (confirmed on Windows/NTFS), two self-registered usernames that differ only in letter case (e.g., CaseVictim and casevictim) are stored as distinct accounts but resolve to the same physical home directory, because the scope-ownership check compares the persisted scope as an exact case-sensitive string. A second registrant can therefore read, overwrite, and delete another account's files through authenticated HTTP endpoints, without needing an existing account or victim interaction.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.0055,"percentile":0.4649,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-178"],"published":"2026-08-14T11:35:41Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:44Z","products":[{"vendor":"filebrowser","product":"filebrowser"},{"vendor":"gtsteffaniak","product":"filebrowser"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-576v-w77m-gr84","tags":["vendor-advisory","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/fe7efb2e6afe66774cd86a5b0a03033bd514d0c0","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filebrowser-before-case-sensitivity-authentication-bypass","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72836","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f37p-wpgx-m9mr"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72836.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-72836","title":"FileBrowser before 2.63.19 Case Sensitivity Authentication Bypass","description":"FileBrowser before 2.63.19 does not account for case-insensitive filesystems when checking home directory ownership during self-registration. 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A second registrant can therefore read, overwrite, and delete another account's files through authenticated HTTP endpoints, without needing an existing account or victim interaction.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-14T12:31:28Z","modified":"2026-08-14T12:31:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"critical"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-178"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:10:28.576497Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-72836","description":"FileBrowser before 2.63.19 does not account for case-insensitive filesystems when checking home directory ownership during self-registration. 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