Vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-7886)
Summary
Vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-7886). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via AddMessage. Mitigation: upgrade to 9.5.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to IDOR in AddMessage/UpdateMessage via attachments[] parameter which can lead to file permission bypass. The AddMessage and UpdateMessage conversation controllers accept user-supplied file attachment IDs and load files directly via $em->find(File::class, $attachmentID) without checking per-file permissions (canViewFile()). A user who can post in any conversation can reference any file in the CMS file manager by its sequential ID, effectively bypassing the file permission system. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 2.3 with a vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Tristan Mandani for reporting. if a site truly has private files, the owner should set up a private storage location https://documentation.concretecms.org/user-guide/editors-reference/dashboard/system-and-maintenance/files/file-storage-locations outside of the webroot so that permissions can be checked on view as well. That way, even if a authorized user attaches a file, or otherwise links to it, unauthorized users won't be able to view the file.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-7886 has been found in concrete5/concrete5.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like AddMessage over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "concrete5/concrete5 CVE-2026-7886" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-7886 (concrete5/concrete5) — CWE-639 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: AddMessage / UpdateMessage
Patched: 9.5.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-639) exists in concrete5/concrete5. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via AddMessage.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of concrete5/concrete5. Attack surface: AddMessage / UpdateMessage.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 9.5.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
concrete5/concrete5を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1ステージング環境で 9.5.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory documentation.concretecms.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- web github.com