# CVE-2026-42028: novaGallery: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Album and Cached Image Routes Allows Reading Images Outside Gallery Root

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 2.1.1
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-08

## Affected

- novafacile novagallery: fixed in 2.1.1

## Description

novaGallery is a php image gallery. Prior to version 2.1.1, a path traversal vulnerability has been identified in novaGallery. This allows unauthenticated users to read image files outside the intended gallery root directory. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on novafacile novagallery, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/novafacile/novagallery/security/advisories/GHSA-wv5j-98c7-frm9
- https://github.com/novafacile/novagallery/commit/46fe7b0f79f429e18c8cff3f92360c4513732ba6
- https://github.com/novafacile/novagallery/releases/tag/v2.1.1

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