# CVE-2026-102663: OpenList: Search metadata/count disclosure via Non-Separator-Aware Path Check in Bleve Search

- Also known as: GHSA-P6PH-3JX2-3337, GO-2026-6113
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.4
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- OpenListTeam OpenList: fixed in 4.2.4
- github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.2.4
- github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList (Go): all versions
- github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/v3 (Go): all versions

## Description

OpenList is a file list program that supports multiple storage backends. Prior to 4.2.4, the OpenList search API uses a non-separator-aware strings.HasPrefix comparison as a path containment authorization check when authorizing globally indexed Bleve results against a restricted user's BasePath. When Bleve search is enabled and a restricted authenticated user searches the global index for content in a sibling path, the user causes a globally indexed sibling-path result to pass the prefix check. The strings.HasPrefix(node.Parent, user.BasePath) predicate allows a sibling path such as /base2 to be treated as contained by /base. Unauthorized file metadata or file-existence information can be disclosed, and the backend Total value can reveal a match even when another access check removes the individual result. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenListTeam OpenList, github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/v4, github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/security/advisories/GHSA-p6ph-3jx2-3337
- https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/commit/59bd3431408578f420895457554700cc9a52375a
- https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/commit/84ecda35aae2bd0020474086e6ddfd3aa2340679
- https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/releases/tag/v4.2.4

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