What is CVE-2026-28679?

CVE-2026-28679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xemle Home-gallery, 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 Xemle Home-gallery

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 medi…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (25.1th 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

Xemle Home-gallery — versions < 1.21.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/xemle/home-gallery/security/advisories/GHSA-xj65-hcj5-h6j3 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/xemle/home-gallery/releases/tag/v1.21.0 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-28679?: CVE-2026-28679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xemle Home-gallery, 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.