CVE-2026-28679 | THREATINT

Description

Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-02 | Published 2026-03-06 | Updated 2026-03-06 | Assigner GitHub_M

HIGH: 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

< 1.21.0

affected

References

github.com/...allery/security/advisories/GHSA-xj65-hcj5-h6j3

github.com/xemle/home-gallery/releases/tag/v1.21.0

cve.org (CVE-2026-28679)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-28679)

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