Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-77427
FileRise: Insecure default cryptographic key fallback in manual installs
5.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FileRise is a self-hosted web-based file manager with multi-file upload, editing, and batch operations. From 3.9.0 until 3.22.0, pristine manual FileRise installations without PERSISTENT_TOKENS_KEY or metadata/persistent_tokens.key can activate a published legacy compatibility key. If an attacker separately obtains ciphertext-bearing account or configuration files, the known fallback key can enable decryption of TOTP secrets or credentials. Docker installations already generated a unique persistent key, and existing installations are not automatically rotated because doing so could make encrypted state unreadable. This issue is fixed in version 3.22.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
FileRise · error311
>= 3.9.0, < 3.22.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77427
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77427
github.com
https://github.com/error311/FileRise/commit/b5213b66d4c668a45f1b7600aa62b79cb66ddbe6
github.com
https://github.com/error311/FileRise/releases/tag/v3.22.0
github.com
https://github.com/error311/FileRise/security/advisories/GHSA-g6p5-9cpq-mp5h
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