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CVE-2026-72814medium6.3

actix-files before 0.6.10 Information Disclosure via Files

Impact

The actix-files crate before version 0.6.10 has an information disclosure vulnerability, allowing access to unintended files when a non-existing folder is passed as the serve_from argument. An attacker can request paths relative to the application's working directory. The weakness is due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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actix-files

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Package identity

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affected

0 → before 0.6.10

semver versions

unaffected

0.6.10

semver versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

The actix-files crate (actix_files) before version 0.6.10 contains an information exposure vulnerability. When a non-existing folder is passed as the serve_from argument to Files::new(), the mount path defaults to an empty path; the service then joins the request path with this empty path and canonicalizes it, causing Rust to resolve it as a relative path. As a result, an attacker can request paths that resolve relative to the application's working directory and access unintended files.

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Original records

CVE-2026-72814

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-22 ↗

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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Environment requirements

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Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:actix:actix-files:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

Before: 0.6.10

Original applicability statements
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Contributing organizations · 2
VulnCheck

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-08-14

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References

2 sources
github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-8v2v-wjwg-vx6r
vendor-advisoryVulnCheck · CISA-ADP
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-web-before-information-disclosure-via-files
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