CVE-2026-28679 (GCVE-0-2026-28679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-06 04:32 – Updated: 2026-03-06 16:07
VLAI?
Title
HomeGallery: Path Traversal (Arbitrary File Read)
Summary
Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xemle home-gallery Affected: < 1.21.0
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