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FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Prior to 1.8.221, FreeScout allows a non-admin user to permanently delete an internal note (private thread) from any conversation, even after that user's access to the mailbox containing the conversation has been revoked. The ThreadPolicy::delete authorization policy does not verify mailbox membership, so a former team member retains destructive write access to notes they created. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.221.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-22 | Published 2026-05-29 | Updated 2026-06-01 | Assigner GitHub_M




MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Product status

< 1.8.221
affected

References

github.com/...escout/security/advisories/GHSA-9vx8-gx3p-9mh6 exploit

github.com/...escout/security/advisories/GHSA-9vx8-gx3p-9mh6

cve.org (CVE-2026-48811)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-48811)

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