Authenticated denial of service via unbounded WebSocket buffering
Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026
Uncontrolled resource consumption in File Browser 2.0.0 through 2.63.23 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service. The /api/command WebSocket handler calls ReadMessage without SetReadLimit and checks EnableExec and Perm.Execute only after buffering the full message. Any authenticated account can exhaust heap memory and make the process unresponsive or terminate it, even when command execution is disabled.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in File Browser 2.0.0 through 2.63.23 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service. The /api/command WebSocket handler calls ReadMessage without SetReadLimit and checks EnableExec and Perm.Execute only after buffering the full message. Any authenticated account can exhaust heap memory and make the process unresponsive or terminate it, even when command execution is disabled.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-90927
- Published
- Sep 14, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 14, 2026
- Vendor
- File Browser
- Product
- File Browser
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.63.23
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Bounded 32 MiB command WebSocket proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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