GHSA-7hxc-f267-h5q7
Craft CMS: Incorrect path validation could potentially lead to path traversal
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | craftcms/cms | >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10.6 | 5.10.6 |
| Packagist | craftcms/cms | >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.18.2 | 4.18.2 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
The `ensurePathIsContained` function of the `Local` file system class is theoretically vulnerable to path traversal, although no exploitable scenario has been discovered.
When a file is read, an `Asset` object uses the `getFileStream` method of the `Volume` where the asset file is stored, which in turn uses the `getFileStream` method of the file system class used by that `Volume`. For the `Local` file system, this function returns a stream to a file on the local disk after verifying and creating the correct file path.
The file path is constructed by first validating the path and then adding a prefix to the validated and normalized path. The prefix is the path to the local directory that houses the particular volume. The order of operations matters here: first, a validation step, afterward a normalization step, and finally the construction of the resulting file path. This opens the possibility of a desanitization-style vulnerability, where the normalization invalidates the assumptions made by the validation or sanitization that preceded it.
## Impact
The issue is not directly exploitable, but for hardening, a fix is recommended regardless.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-7hxc-f267-h5q7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72783
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a8425b6c707335e42c35ee2aaf03af50ea4a494d
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/bd6b9c175b4892e042e8a03760c39b0e94c4c7d6
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/4.18.2
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.10.6
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/craft-cms-rc1-before-path-traversal-via-ensurepathiscontained