What is CVE-2026-28679?

CVE-2026-28679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Home-Gallery Homegallery, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-28679?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Home-Gallery Homegallery

CVE-2026-28679

Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Home-gallery Homegallery
Xemle Home-gallery — versions < 1.21.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-28679?: CVE-2026-28679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Home-Gallery Homegallery, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-28679?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.