# CVE-2026-50186: 4gaBoards: Path Traversal leading to Arbitrary File Read and Deletion in Board Export

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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: 3.3.8
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- RARgames 4gaBoards: fixed in 3.3.8

## Description

4gaBoards is a boards system for realtime project management. Prior to 3.3.8, 4gaBoards allows an authenticated project manager to supply traversal sequences in the filename parameter of GET /exports/:id/:filename. In server/api/controllers/boards/download.js, the decoded inputs.filename value is passed to path.join() beneath private/exports/<user_id>/ without containment validation. A crafted value such as ../ can select an arbitrary file readable by the server process, and the file is returned to the attacker. The fileStream close handler then passes the same path to fs.unlink(), deleting the selected file and potentially causing data loss or denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on RARgames 4gaBoards, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards/security/advisories/GHSA-rv7w-hhqv-65cf
- https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards/commit/654151d7cc7739e43fd32d368e47bc4090cc65f5
- https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards/releases/tag/v3.3.8

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