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TI-2026-37987 Aliases CVE-2026-52891

Wekan: Shell Injection via Avatar Upload

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.07, Wekan avatar upload functionality embeds user-supplied filenames into paths later passed to child_process.exec() for MIME-type detection. Because models/avatars.js and models/fileValidation.js used a shell command with the avatar filename, shell metacharacters such as backticks and $() in the filename could execute commands on the server. This issue is fixed in version 9.07.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00785 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wekan (wekan): 9.07

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wekanwekanbefore 9.079.07Patch availableCNA
  • wekan Vendorwekan Affected before 9.07 Fixed in 9.07 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wekan_project:wekan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——wekan
  • cpe:2.3:a:wekan_project:wekan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·wekan

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wekan (wekan) Fixed in 9.07

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52891

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-40177 Improper authentication in wekan CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-37989 Wekan: OIDC Account Takeover via Unconditional Email-Based Account Merge in onCreateUser hook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-48308 Improper privilege management in wekan CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-48305 Wekan: SSRF filter bypass via DNS-resolving hostname in outgoing webhooks (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-53446) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-39911 Improper access control in wekan CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-01855 WeKan Activity Publication activities.js LinkedBoardActivitiesBleed information disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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