Authenticated file disclosure via export path traversal
Published Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Jan 29, 2026
Path traversal in Umbraco Forms 16 before 16.4.1 and 17 before 17.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to read server files. The export endpoint resolves the attacker-controlled fileName parameter without preventing traversal sequences from escaping the intended directory. Exploitation requires a backoffice account and a Linux or macOS installation; Windows-hosted Umbraco Cloud deployments are unaffected, and the reported impact is file disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Umbraco Forms 16 before 16.4.1 and 17 before 17.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to read server files. The export endpoint resolves the attacker-controlled fileName parameter without preventing traversal sequences from escaping the intended directory. Exploitation requires a backoffice account and a Linux or macOS installation; Windows-hosted Umbraco Cloud deployments are unaffected, and the reported impact is file disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24687
- Published
- Jan 29, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 29, 2026
- Vendor
- Umbraco
- Product
- Umbraco Forms
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 29, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 16.0.0, < 16.4.1
- Affected versionversion=>= 17.0.0, < 17.1.1
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