CVE-2026-110214
Description
Snowy 3.6.5 contains a hard-coded HMAC key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge download signatures for the /dev/file/download endpoint by using the published FILE_DOWNLOAD_SIGN_SECRET constant. Attackers can compute HMAC-SHA256 signatures of guessed file ids offline to download stored files such as avatars, editor images and attachments.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/xiaonuobase/Snowy/blob/v3.6.5/snowy-plugin/snowy-plugin-dev/src/main/java/vip/xiaonuo/dev/modular/file/service/impl/DevFileServiceImpl.java#L419-L445
- https://github.com/xiaonuobase/Snowy/blob/v3.6.5/snowy-plugin/snowy-plugin-dev/src/main/java/vip/xiaonuo/dev/modular/file/service/impl/DevFileServiceImpl.java#L78
- https://github.com/xiaonuobase/Snowy/blob/v3.6.5/snowy-web-app/src/main/java/vip/xiaonuo/core/config/GlobalConfigure.java#L174-L175
- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/snowy-dev-file-access-control
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snowy-3.6.5-hard-coded-download-signature-key-allows-unauthenticated-file-download
CWEs
CWE-321
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.