# CVE-2026-62679: Lychee: Path traversal in \`SecurePathController\` allows authenticated arbitrary file read

- Also known as: GHSA-J5FF-34X8-XXQG
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.6.4
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- LycheeOrg Lychee: fixed in 7.6.4

## Description

Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management tool. Prior to 7.6.4, SecurePathController, which serves GET /image/{path}, concatenates the attacker-controlled path with the local storage root and performs a string-prefix check before canonicalizing dot segments. Under the supported non-default configuration with temporary_image_link_enabled enabled, temporary_image_link_when_logged_in disabled, and secure_image_link_enabled disabled, any authenticated user can submit encoded traversal segments that pass the prefix check and are later resolved by filesystem operations. This permits reading files available to the web process, including application configuration and other users' private images, and disclosed APP_KEY or database credentials can enable further compromise. This issue is fixed in version 7.6.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LycheeOrg Lychee, upgrade to a fixed version (7.6.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/security/advisories/GHSA-j5ff-34x8-xxqg
- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/pull/4465
- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/commit/f4553f6e0145ec4e02360c6121bd169e87b5d05f
- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/releases/tag/v7.6.4

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