OpenList: Authenticated arbitrary file write via Content-Disposition path traversal in SimpleHttp offline-download tool
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
OpenList a file list program that supports multiple storage. Prior to 4.2.3, OpenList's offline-download feature at POST /api/fs/add_offline_download with tool: "SimpleHttp" accepts an attacker-supplied URL and saves its bytes under a per-task temporary directory before transferring them to the user's destination storage. The temporary filename comes from the attacker-controlled Content-Disposition header, is passed from parseFilenameFromContentDisposition in internal/offline_download/http/util.go to filepath.Join(task.TempDir, filename) in SimpleHttp.Run in internal/offline_download/http/client.go, and is opened with os.Create without a containment check. Because filepath.Join cleans .. segments, a non-admin user with PermAddOfflineDownload on any path can traverse out of task.TempDir and create, truncate, or overwrite any file writable by the OpenList process whose parent directory already exists. The server/handles/offline_download.go AddOfflineDownload route uses normal user authentication rather than AuthAdmin, and local-storage destinations fall through tryPutUrl in internal/offline_download/tool/add.go to the vulnerable SimpleHttp.Run path. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenListTeam | OpenList | before 4.2.3 | 4.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList (Go) | before 4.2.3 | 4.2.3 | Patch available | GHSA-h6cj-26g5-67fv |
- OpenList VendorOpenListTeam Affected before 4.2.3 Fixed in 4.2.3 Patch available CNA
- github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList (Go) Vendor— Affected before 4.2.3 Fixed in 4.2.3 Patch available GHSA-h6cj-26g5-67fv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenList (OpenListTeam) Fixed in 4.2.3
- Fix · GHSA-h6cj-26g5-67fv github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList (Go) Fixed in 4.2.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75602
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6cj-26g5-67fv
References
More OpenListTeam vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51619 OpenList: Authenticated users can rename files outside their base path via batch rename `src_name` traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-48534 OpenList: Arbitrary File Read via Path Prefix Confusion in Share Creation API CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-32066 OpenList (frontend) allows XSS Attacks in the built-in Markdown Viewer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-71250 Path prefix check flaw in OpenList search leaks file metadata CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-75602 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75602 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h6cj-26g5-67fv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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