Medium
Drupal core - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CORE-2023-005
Type: advisorySources: OSV
The file download facility doesn't sufficiently sanitize file paths in certain situations. This may result in users gaining access to private files that they should not have access to. Some sites may require configuration changes following this security release. Review the release notes for your Drupal version if you have issues accessing private files after updating.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-31250
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 06:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Drupal core - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CORE-2023-005
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 26 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC
The file download facility doesn't sufficiently sanitize file paths in certain situations. This may result in users gaining access to private files that they should not have access to. Some sites may require configuration changes following this security release. Review the release notes for your Drupal version if you have issues accessing private files after updating.
osv:CVE-2023-31250
Complete source record
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