CVE-2026-63358
high
CVSS v3
7.3
CVSS v4 NEW
8.4
VIR risk
7.3
Description
FileGator accepts arbitrary Unix permission values via the '/chmoditems' API endpoint and passes the value directly to PHP's native 'chmod()' function through 'octdec()' conversion, with no validation. This allows an authenticated user with 'chmod' permission to upgrade their privileges to root.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
72%
Patch ETA
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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 โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ 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/filegator/filegator/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#7142---2026-05-18
- https://github.com/filegator/filegator/commit/4a44ed9a43f84505703dce669c68fb55270c3f2c
- https://github.com/filegator/filegator/tree/master
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-202-03.json
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63358
CWEs
CWE-732
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.