CVE-2026-97360

10 CRITICALpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-24 · Updated 2026-09-24

AI risk analysis

Summary: HFS2 version 2.4.0 and earlier allows unauthenticated attackers to read, write, append, and delete files, posing a significant risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host.
Exploitability: Exploitation is relatively straightforward due to the lack of authentication checks and the failure to confine absolute paths.
Blast radius: If exploited, the impact could be severe, compromising the entire filesystem accessible to the HFS service account.
Detection: No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation: Upgrade to HFS2 version 2.5.0 or later.

rceauth-bypassfile-access

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

HFS2 version 2.4.0 and earlier contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file access vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read, write, append, and delete files anywhere the HFS service account has filesystem access outside the shared folder. Attackers can exploit the macro dispatcher's lack of authorization model combined with the path resolver's failure to confine absolute paths to manipulate the template engine and compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Public exploit & PoC references

https://github.com/wgetnz/hfs2/blob/master/advisories/hfs2-template-macro-missing-authorization/README.md

All references

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