Vulnerability in Freescout-help-desk Freescout

CVE-2026-40496

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, attachment download tokens are generated using a weak and predictable formula: `md5(APP_KEY + attachment_id + size)`. Since attachment_id is sequential…

EPSS: 0.001 (19.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freescout-help-desk Freescout — versions < 1.8.213

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-2783-wxmm-wmwr (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/dbdf8f2260b43a21818255c70f0b61b9de9cd555 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.213 (x_refsource_MISC)