Information disclosure in Freescout-help-desk Freescout

CVE-2026-40498

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, an unauthenticated attacker can access diagnostic and system tools that should be restricted to administrators. The /system/cron endpoint relies on a s…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.002 (37.6th 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-5jw5-q9j7-4rxc (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/b1d6c2c601a6ec3626ab13e679607b5084dfbd38 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.213 (x_refsource_MISC)