CVE-2026-28289

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reeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. A patch bypass vulnerability for CVE-2026-27636 in FreeScout 1.8.206 and earlier allows any authenticated user with file upload permissions to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the server by uploading a malicious .htaccess file using a zero-width space character prefix to bypass the security check. The vulnerability exists in the sanitizeUploadedFileName() function in app/Http/Helper.php. The function contains a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) flaw where the dot-prefix check occurs before sanitization removes invisible characters. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.207.

Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:freescout:freescout:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

05 Mar 2026, 22:16

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References
  • () https://www.ox.security/blog/freescout-rce-cve-2026-28289/ -

05 Mar 2026, 16:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/f7bc16c56a6b13c06da52ad51fd666546b40818f - () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/f7bc16c56a6b13c06da52ad51fd666546b40818f - Patch
References () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpc-65p8-ffwp - () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpc-65p8-ffwp - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:freescout:freescout:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Freescout freescout
Freescout

03 Mar 2026, 23:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-03 23:15

Updated : 2026-03-05 22:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-28289

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28289

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28289


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Products Affected
CWE
CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type