# CVE-2026-55825: Contao: Possible path traversal in job download URIs

- Also known as: GHSA-GRM4-WM43-9JH5
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.7.7
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-07-31

## Affected

- contao: from 5.7.0, fixed in 5.7.7
- contao/contao (Packagist): from 5.7.0, fixed in 5.7.7
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): from 5.7.0, fixed in 5.7.7

## Description

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 5.7.0 through 5.7.6, an authenticated backend user who can access one job can request an attachment identifier containing ../ segments and make the job attachment download endpoint read a file from another job directory inside var/job-attachments. The controller authorizes only the jobUuid route parameter. The later attachment lookup joins that authorized job UUID with the attacker-controlled identifier, then passes the combined path to the virtual filesystem. VirtualFilesystem::resolve() canonicalizes the whole path and only rejects paths that escape the filesystem mount, so authorized-job/../victim-job/debug_log.csv becomes victim-job/debug_log.csv. This is a cross-job authorization bypass for known job attachment paths. It is not a practical brute-force against unknown jobs because job directories are UUID v4 values.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on contao, contao/contao, contao/core-bundle, upgrade to a fixed version (5.7.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-grm4-wm43-9jh5

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