# CVE-2026-26993: Flare has XSS vulnerability in Raw File Preview

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-20 · Updated: 2026-02-23

## Affected

- FlintSH Flare: 1.7.1

## Description

Flare is a Next.js-based, self-hostable file sharing platform that integrates with screenshot tools. Versions 1.7.0 and below allow users to upload files without proper content validation or sanitization. By embedding malicious JavaScript within an SVG (or other active content formats such as HTML or XML), an attacker can achieve script execution in the context of the application's origin when a victim views the file in “raw” mode. This results in a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited to exfiltrate user data. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FlintSH Flare, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/security/advisories/GHSA-q8fp-w6m5-4gjm
- https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/commit/7763d7b954799552f287ab9260bb1353f8880163
- https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/releases/tag/v1.7.1

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