# CVE-2026-41231: Froxlor has Incomplete Symlink Validation in DataDump.add() that Allows Arbitrary Directory Ownership Takeover via Cron

- Also known as: GHSA-75H4-C557-J89R
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.6
- Published: 2026-04-23 · Updated: 2026-04-23

## Affected

- froxlor: fixed in 2.3.6
- froxlor/froxlor (Packagist): fixed in 2.3.6

## Description

Froxlor is open source server administration software. Prior to version 2.3.6, `DataDump.add()` constructs the export destination path from user-supplied input without passing the `$fixed_homedir` parameter to `FileDir::makeCorrectDir()`, bypassing the symlink validation that was added to all other customer-facing path operations (likely as the fix for CVE-2023-6069). When the ExportCron runs as root, it executes `chown -R` on the resolved symlink target, allowing a customer to take ownership of arbitrary directories on the system. Version 2.3.6 contains an updated fix.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on froxlor, froxlor/froxlor, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-75h4-c557-j89r
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/2987b0e8806ef12b532410050ad76d13d673a87d
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.6

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