CVE-2026-55825: Contao: Possible path traversal in job download URIs
An authenticated backend user who can access one job can request an attachment identifier containing ../ segments and make the job attachment download endpoint read a file from another job directory inside var/job-attachments.
The controller authorizes only the jobUuid route parameter. The later attachment lookup joins that authorized job UUID with the attacker-controlled identifier, then passes the combined path to the virtual filesystem. VirtualFilesystem::resolve() canonicalizes the whole path and only rejects paths that escape the filesystem mount, so authorized-job/../victim-job/debug_log.csv becomes victim-job/debug_log.csv.
This is a cross-job authorization bypass for known job attachment paths. It is not a practical brute-force against unknown jobs because job directories are UUID v4 values.
References
- contao.org/en/security-advisories/path-traversal-in-the-jobs-module
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2026-55825.yaml
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2026-55825.yaml
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-grm4-wm43-9jh5
- github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-grm4-wm43-9jh5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55825
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