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Malcolm vulnerable to RCE via unrestricted .php upload to the file-upload component

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. The file-upload component (FilePond PHP backend) accepts uploads at `POST /server/php/submit.php` and stores them in a directory served by the same nginx and php-fpm instance. The allow-list that should restrict accepted file types is an empty array by default (`file-upload/php/config.php:16`), so the type check is a no-op and every extension is accepted. The filename sanitizer keeps the `.php` extension intact. Committed files land in `/var/www/upload/server/php/files` (`file-upload/php/config.php:7`), and the component's nginx routes any URL ending in `.php` to php-fpm. An authenticated `GET /server/php/files/.php` then executes the uploaded code as `www-data`. Prior to version 26.06.1, in RBAC mode, the upload endpoint is reachable by the granular `ROLE_UPLOAD` role (`nginx/lua/nginx_auth_helpers.lua:71`), a role intended only for submitting capture files. As a result, a user holding the upload-only role runs arbitrary PHP as `www-data` inside the file-upload container. Version 26.06.1 fixes the issue.

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CVE-2026-55676

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-55676

Malcolm

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "cisagov",
    "product": "Malcolm",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 26.06.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "26.06.1"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-55676

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high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#8169 · Revision 1
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