# CVE-2026-75592: Kirby: Access to image files outside of the site root via path traversal in the media handling

- Also known as: GHSA-6J4C-MGQR-QV76
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.9.5, 5.5.2
- Published: 2026-08-31 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- getkirby kirby: fixed in 4.9.5; from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.5.2
- getkirby/cms (Packagist): fixed in 4.9.5
- getkirby/cms (Packagist): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.5.2

## Description

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.5 and 5.5.2, depending on the release line, Kirby's media handler used incomplete filesystem containment checks in src/Filesystem/Dir.php and src/Filesystem/F.php through Kirby\Filesystem\Dir::realpath() and Kirby\Filesystem\F::realpath(). The checks accepted a sibling directory whose path shared the intended root's string prefix, such as /var/www/site2 next to /var/www/site, because they did not require an exact match or a DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR boundary. A remote attacker could use Kirby\Cms\Media::thumb() to create and access thumbnails from image files in a PHP-readable sibling directory when that directory contained a valid .json thumbnail job file, potentially exposing staging sites, backups, or other internal sites and deleting the job file during processing. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.5 and 5.5.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getkirby kirby, getkirby/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (4.9.5, 5.5.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-6j4c-mgqr-qv76
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/2b6fab950bc89d505ea89576bf71c8de614cc3b2
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/e0dca5f709adc21b36f5549df2c0619bc59da56c
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/4.9.5
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.5.2

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