FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. A patch bypass vulnerability for CVE-2026-27636 in FreeScout 1.8.206 and earlier allows any authenticated user with file upload permissions to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the server by uploading a malicious .htaccess file using a zero-width space character prefix to bypass the security check. The vulnerability exists in the sanitizeUploadedFileName() function in app/Http/Helper.php. The function contains a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) flaw where the dot-prefix check occurs before sanitization removes invisible characters. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.207.
References
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| https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/f7bc16c56a6b13c06da52ad51fd666546b40818f | Patch |
| https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpc-65p8-ffwp | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.ox.security/blog/freescout-rce-cve-2026-28289/ | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
11 Mar 2026, 19:29
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| References | () https://www.ox.security/blog/freescout-rce-cve-2026-28289/ - Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
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| References | () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/f7bc16c56a6b13c06da52ad51fd666546b40818f - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpc-65p8-ffwp - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:freescout:freescout:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Information
Published : 2026-03-03 23:15
Updated : 2026-03-11 19:29
NVD link : CVE-2026-28289
Mitre link : CVE-2026-28289
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28289
JSON object : View
Products Affected
freescout
- freescout
CWE
CWE-434
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
