Flare is a Next.js-based, self-hostable file sharing platform that integrates with screenshot tools. Prior to 1.7.3, an authenticated path traversal vulnerability in /api/avatars/[filename] allows any logged-in user to read arbitrary files from within the application container. The filename URL parameter is passed to path.join() without sanitization, and getFileStream() performs no path validation, enabling %2F-encoded ../ sequences to escape the uploads/avatars/ directory and read any file accessible to the nextjs process under /app/. Authentication is enforced by Next.js middleware. However, on instances with open registration enabled (the default), any attacker can self-register and immediately exploit this. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.3.
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| Description | Flare is a Next.js-based, self-hostable file sharing platform that integrates with screenshot tools. Prior to 1.7.3, an authenticated path traversal vulnerability in /api/avatars/[filename] allows any logged-in user to read arbitrary files from within the application container. The filename URL parameter is passed to path.join() without sanitization, and getFileStream() performs no path validation, enabling %2F-encoded ../ sequences to escape the uploads/avatars/ directory and read any file accessible to the nextjs process under /app/. Authentication is enforced by Next.js middleware. However, on instances with open registration enabled (the default), any attacker can self-register and immediately exploit this. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.3. | |
| Title | Flare has a Path Traversal in /api/avatars/[filename] | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-03-10T16:44:10.305Z
Updated: 2026-03-10T17:40:03.168Z
Reserved: 2026-03-07T17:34:39.978Z
Link: CVE-2026-30942
Updated: 2026-03-10T17:39:52.445Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-03-10T18:18:54.093
Modified: 2026-03-11T13:53:20.707
Link: CVE-2026-30942