filebrowser through 2.63.23 fails to validate named pipes in directory archive and public download handlers, allowing attackers to trigger blocking open syscalls. Authenticated users or anonymous visitors with public share links can repeatedly request archives containing named pipes to pin server goroutines and exhaust connection resources.
CVE-2026-82235
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(high)
- EG Risk
- 27(Track)EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 32%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 28, 2026
Last Modified
August 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Aug 28, 2026filebrowser through 2.63.23 Denial of Service via named pipes | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filebrowser-through-2.63.23-denial-of-service-via-named-pipescommit 586d198d (filebrowser/filebrowser)
Fix landed in filebrowser/filebrowser commit 586d198d — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/586d198dArchive downloads hang forever on named pipes · Advisory · filebrowser/filebrowser · GitHub
https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-8q5j-8wcr-8v2vVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-82235(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 19:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 11:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 11:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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