# CVE-2026-49738: TYPO3 CMS - Broken Access Control in File Abstraction Layer

- Also known as: GHSA-JF56-V8JC-JCC5
- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.4.57, 11.5.51, 12.4.46, 13.4.31, 14.3.3
- Published: 2026-06-09 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- typo3/cms-core: fixed in 10.4.57; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.51; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.4.46; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.31; from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.3.3
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): fixed in 10.4.57
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.51
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.4.46
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.31
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.3.3

## Description

The path allowance check in GeneralUtility::isAllowedAbsPath() performed a plain string prefix comparison without requiring a directory separator boundary, causing a path like /var/www/html-other/secret.yaml to be incorrectly accepted as valid when the project root was /var/www/html. Administrator users with access to the File Abstraction Layer were able to create new file storage definitions pointing to directories outside the project root, bypassing this path check. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions before 10.4.57, 11.0.0-11.5.50, 12.0.0-12.4.45, 13.0.0-13.4.30 and 14.0.0-14.3.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on typo3/cms-core, upgrade to a fixed version (10.4.57, 11.5.51, 12.4.46, 13.4.31, 14.3.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-016
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/44c2fa9807944136218a0842e3051c0a379a002d
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/150a983a5d687cedcfc33bbe9c335d9a13fd05e5

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