Usermin through 2.570 contains a path traversal vulnerability in mailbox/detachall.cgi that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to write files outside the temporary directory via unsanitized attachment filenames. Attackers can email attachments with ../ sequences in filenames, and when the recipient downloads all attachments, files like ~/.forward are overwritten, enabling command execution.
History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Description Usermin through 2.570 contains a path traversal vulnerability in mailbox/detachall.cgi that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to write files outside the temporary directory via unsanitized attachment filenames. Attackers can email attachments with ../ sequences in filenames, and when the recipient downloads all attachments, files like ~/.forward are overwritten, enabling command execution.
Title Usermin through 2.570 Path Traversal File Write via detachall.cgi
First Time appeared Webmin
Webmin usermin
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:webmin:usermin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Webmin
Webmin usermin
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-06T15:00:56.411Z

Updated: 2026-11-06T17:26:03.502Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T01:04:42.202Z

Link: CVE-2026-123621

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T15:17:19.730

Modified: 2026-11-06T18:18:04.240

Link: CVE-2026-123621

cve-icon Redhat

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