Cross-user file access and modification via path traversal
Published Feb 4, 2026 · Updated Feb 4, 2026
Path traversal in AList before 3.57.0 allows remote authenticated users to access and modify other users' files. The fsmanage and fsbatch handlers directly join attacker-controlled names, source names, and new names to validated directories without enforcing that the resolved path remains beneath the authorized base. Exploitation requires a non-guest account with file-operation permission and multiple users sharing one storage mount; it permits cross-user reads, copies, moves, renames, and deletions.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in AList before 3.57.0 allows remote authenticated users to access and modify other users' files. The fsmanage and fsbatch handlers directly join attacker-controlled names, source names, and new names to validated directories without enforcing that the resolved path remains beneath the authorized base. Exploitation requires a non-guest account with file-operation permission and multiple users sharing one storage mount; it permits cross-user reads, copies, moves, renames, and deletions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-25161
- Published
- Feb 4, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 4, 2026
- Vendor
- AlistGo
- Product
- AList
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1485, T1530
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.57.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Authenticated fs/remove traversal proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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