# CVE-2026-55496: Cloudreve: Inactive/banned account emails leaked via GET /api/v4/user/search because SearchActive() omits the active-status predicate

- Also known as: GO-2026-6098, GHSA-8R7F-R8HJ-R3RV
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 4.0.0-20260613023921-7e1289d55279
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-07-31

## Affected

- cloudreve: 4.17.0
- github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve (Go): all versions
- github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v3 (Go): all versions
- github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.0.0-20260613023921-7e1289d55279
- github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v3 (Go): through 3.0.0-20250225100611-da4e44b77af4

## Description

Cloudreve is a self-hosted file management and sharing system. Prior to 4.17.0, GET /api/v4/user/search calls SearchActive without adding a StatusActive predicate and serializes matches at RedactLevelUser, allowing any logged-in user to enumerate email addresses and profile metadata for inactive or banned accounts. The service calls userClient.SearchActive, but despite its name that method filters only by email/nickname keyword and never adds a StatusActive predicate — while the sibling lookups GetActiveByID and GetActiveByDavAccount, defined a few lines above it, do. Search hits are serialized at RedactLevelUser, which includes the email address. This issue is fixed in version 4.17.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cloudreve, github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve, github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v3 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.0-20260613023921-7e1289d55279) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/security/advisories/GHSA-8r7f-r8hj-r3rv
- https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/commit/7e1289d552794bdbeb551be78456115c87dcb3da
- https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/releases/tag/4.17.0

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