CVE-2026-55825
Description
Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 5.7.0 through 5.7.6, an authenticated backend user who can access one job can request an attachment identifier containing ../ segments and make the job attachment download endpoint read a file from another job directory inside var/job-attachments. The controller authorizes only the jobUuid route parameter. The later attachment lookup joins that authorized job UUID with the attacker-controlled identifier, then passes the combined path to the virtual filesystem. VirtualFilesystem::resolve() canonicalizes the whole path and only rejects paths that escape the filesystem mount, so authorized-job/../victim-job/debug_log.csv becomes victim-job/debug_log.csv. This is a cross-job authorization bypass for known job attachment paths. It is not a practical brute-force against unknown jobs because job directories are UUID v4 values.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
contao/contaoPackagist | >= 5.7.0, < 5.7.7 | 5.7.7 |
contao/core-bundlePackagist | >= 5.7.0, < 5.7.7 | 5.7.7 |
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References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-grm4-wm43-9jh5ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55825ghsaADVISORY
- contao.org/en/security-advisories/path-traversal-in-the-jobs-moduleghsaWEB
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2026-55825.yamlghsaWEB
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2026-55825.yamlghsaWEB
- github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-grm4-wm43-9jh5nvdWEB
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