Horde VFS < 3.0.1 OS Command Injection via Horde_Vfs_Smb Driver
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Horde Virtual File System (VFS) API before 3.0.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the Horde_Vfs_Smb driver where the _escapeShellCommand() method fails to sanitize command substitution sequences, allowing authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands through user-controlled filenames. Attackers can supply malicious filenames containing unescaped command substitution payloads through operations such as file upload, folder creation, rename, or deletion, which are interpolated into a double-quoted shell context and executed via proc_open() through /bin/sh -c before smbclient runs, resulting in arbitrary command execution on the underlying system.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vfs (horde) Fixed in 3.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-60102
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4crx-2rrv-xxcf
References
Patch 1
Other 2
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Sources
- CVE-2026-60102 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-60102 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4crx-2rrv-xxcf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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