FileRise: Insecure default cryptographic key fallback in manual installs

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-77427
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-14 21:17:39 UTC
Updated2026-10-20 03:17:16 UTC
DescriptionFileRise is a self-hosted web-based file manager with multi-file upload, editing, and batch operations. From 3.9.0 until 3.22.0, pristine manual FileRise installations without PERSISTENT_TOKENS_KEY or metadata/persistent_tokens.key can activate a published legacy compatibility key. If an attacker separately obtains ciphertext-bearing account or configuration files, the known fallback key can enable decryption of TOTP secrets or credentials. Docker installations already generated a unique persistent key, and existing installations are not automatically rotated because doing so could make encrypted state unreadable. This issue is fixed in version 3.22.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002740000 probability, percentile 0.186660000 (date 2026-10-20)

Problem Types: CWE-798 | CWE-1188 | CWE-798 CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials | CWE-1188 CWE-1188: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Error311 FileRise affected >= 3.9.0, < 3.22.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/error311/FileRise/commit/b5213b66d4c668a45f1b7600aa62b79cb66d... [email protected] github.com
github.com/error311/FileRise/releases/tag/v3.22.0 [email protected] github.com
github.com/error311/FileRise/security/advisories/GHSA-g6p5-9cpq-mp5h 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com
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