Server-side request forgery in Malcolm file upload component
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Malcolm versions up to and including 26.07.1 are affected. The bundled FilePond PHP server in the file-upload component has a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) because its fetch route retrieves arbitrary URLs and returns the responses to the caller. An authenticated user can read HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP resources reachable from the upload container, and in the default basic authentication mode any authenticated user can do this.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
The bundled FilePond PHP server in Malcolm's file-upload component exposes a fetch route that retrieves an arbitrary URL and returns the response to the caller. An authenticated user can exploit this server-side request forgery (SSRF) to read HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP resources reachable from the upload container. In the default basic authentication mode this affects any authenticated user.
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
Remediation
Upgrade Malcolm to version 26.08.0, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA Malcolm (CISA) Fixed in 26.08.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107362
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-6x93-f29r-jwj6
- 2026-10-09 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More CISA vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-69640 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Malcolm CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-69638 Compressed file uploads in Malcolm can exhaust shared disk space CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-69637 Incorrect authorization in Malcolm exposes role-restricted paths CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-24590 CISA Thorium download stream divide by zero CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-24585 CISA Thorium insecure downloaded file path validation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-41377 Software Acquisition Guide Supplier Response Web Tool XSS CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-107362 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107362 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6x93-f29r-jwj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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