What is CVE-2026-53596?

CVE-2026-53596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freescout-help-desk Freescout, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-53596?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Freescout-help-desk Freescout

CVE-2026-53596

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Prior to version 1.8.224, the FreeScout helpdesk application does not enforce rate limiting on the file upload endpoint. Any user can flood the server with…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Freescout-help-desk Freescout — versions < 1.8.224

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-ph4f-2jhx-q76w (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53596?: CVE-2026-53596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freescout-help-desk Freescout, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-53596?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.