# CVE-2026-54090: File Browser: Command Allowlist Bypass via Shell Metacharacter Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-8C9Q-7855-WFXQ, GO-2026-5250
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.33.8
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- filebrowser: fixed in 2.33.8
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.33.8
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser (Go): all versions

## Description

File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Prior to 2.33.8, when a shell interpreter is configured (e.g. /bin/sh -c), the command allowlist can be bypassed through shell metacharacters. The allowlist validates only the first token of user input, but the entire raw string is handed to the shell — semicolons, pipes, backticks, and $() all work to chain arbitrary commands after a permitted one. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on filebrowser, github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2, github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser, upgrade to a fixed version (2.33.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-8c9q-7855-wfxq
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/issues/5199

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