CVE-2026-63358: high-severity vulnerability in FileGator
FileGator privilege escalation
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36Vexday Risk Score
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ssvc Attendcvss 8.4epss 0.5%
FileGator accepts arbitrary Unix permission values via the '/chmoditems' API endpoint and passes the value directly to PHP's native 'chmod()' function through 'octdec()' conversion, with no validation. This allows an authenticated user with 'chmod' permission to upgrade their privileges to root.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
FileGator · FileGatorReferences
https://github.com/filegator/filegator/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#7142---2026-05-18https://github.com/filegator/filegator/commit/4a44ed9a43f84505703dce669c68fb55270c3f2chttps://github.com/filegator/filegator/tree/masterhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-202-03.jsonhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63358