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trace_d89a6ed6375b40de9d84a14e8eec58cc

findercompleted97excellent
StartedApr 13, 2026, 5:21 PM
EndedApr 13, 2026, 5:25 PM
Casecase_1ff68966277c45e89eaaf7adfeec08c6
Modelz-ai/glm-5.1
Context
Blind label

blind_5c679915ca75

Advisory

GHSA-v9w4-gm2x-6rvf • File Browser share links remain accessible after Share/Download permissions are revoked

Judge score

97 (excellent)

Rubric breakdown
Target Alignment
30
Source To Sink Reasoning
29
Impact And Exploitability
19
Evidence Quality
10
Overclaim Control
9
Prompt451 chars
Start from http/public.go, especially the public share access wrapper identified in the advisory, and compare it with the permission guard in http/share.go. This source file has a known vulnerability sink in it. Traverse the codebase and report the vulnerability. You can report multiple vulnerabilities. Ground the report in the exact request path, the user/share lookup flow, and the missing permission re-validation before serving public downloads.
OutputJSON
{
  "executiveSummary": "The public share access endpoints (/api/public/dl/ and /api/public/share/) fail to re-validate the share owner's current Share and Download permissions before serving shared files. While share creation is correctly guarded by withPermShare (which requires both Share=true and Download=true), the public access wrapper withHashFile retrieves the share link and owner user but never checks whether those permissions are still granted. Consequently, when an administrator revokes a user's Share or Download permission, any previously created share links remain fully accessible to unauthenticated visitors, violating the intended authorization policy.",
  "reports": [
    {
      "title": "Public share endpoints skip owner permission re-validation, allowing access after Share/Download permissions are revoked",
      "severity": "HIGH",
      "summary": "The withHashFile wrapper in http/public.go, which guards /api/public/dl/ and /api/public/share/, loads the share link and the owner user but never checks d.user.Perm.Share or d.user.Perm.Download before serving the file. By contrast, the share creation flow in http/share.go uses withPermShare which correctly enforces both permissions. This inconsistency means public share links persist indefinitely even after the owner's Share or Download permissions are revoked.",
      "rootCauseAnalysis": "The withHashFile middleware (http/public.go:18) performs these steps: (1) look up the share link by hash, (2) authenticate the share request (password/token), (3) fetch the owner user from the store, (4) use the user's filesystem to load and serve the requested file. Step 3 retrieves the user with their current permissions, but step 4 proceeds without checking user.Perm.Share or user.Perm.Download. The intended policy—visible in withPermShare at http/share.go:22-24—is that both Share and Download must be true for any share-related action. Since the public endpoint bypasses this check, revoking those permissions has no effect on existing share links.",
      "impact": "Any visitor with a previously shared link can continue to download or browse shared files even after an administrator explicitly revokes the owner's Share or Download permissions. This breaks the authorization boundary: administrators expect that disabling a user's share/download capability immediately cuts off all public access to that user's shared files. In practice, sensitive files remain exposed until each individual share link is manually deleted, which is error-prone and may not be discoverable.",
      "attackPath": "1. A user with Share=true and Download=true creates a public share link via POST /api/share (guarded by withPermShare). 2. An administrator revokes the user's Share or Download permission (PUT /api/users/{id}, setting perm.share=false or perm.download=false). 3. An unauthenticated visitor accesses GET /api/public/dl/{hash}/filename or GET /api/public/share/{hash} using the old share hash. 4. The request hits wi

Tool calls

(19)
$cat /workspace/http/public.go
package fbhttp

import (
	"errors"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"strings"

	"github.com/spf13/afero"
	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
$cat /workspace/http/share.go
package fbhttp

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"encoding/base64"
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
$rg -n "public" /workspace/http/router.goexit 1
cat: /workspace/http/router.go: No such file or directory
$cat /workspace/http/router.goexit 1
(no output)
$find /workspace -name "*.go" | head -30
/workspace/auth/auth.go
/workspace/auth/hook.go
/workspace/auth/json.go
/workspace/auth/none.go
/workspace/auth/proxy.go
/workspace/auth/storage.go
/workspace/cmd/cmd.go
/workspace/cmd/cmd_test.go
/workspace/cmd/cmds.go
/workspace/cmd/cmds_add.go
/workspace/cmd/cmds_ls.go
/workspace/cmd/cmds_rm.go
$rg -n "publicShareHandler|publicDlHandler|withHashFile|/api/public" /workspace/http/
/workspace/http/http.go:89:	public.PathPrefix("/dl").Handler(monkey(publicDlHandler, "/api/public/dl/")).Methods("GET")
/workspace/http/http.go:90:	public.PathPrefix("/share").Handler(monkey(publicShareHandler, "/api/public/share/")).Methods("GET")
/workspace/http/public.go:18:var withHashFile = func(fn handleFunc) handleFunc {
/workspace/http/public.go:90:// `/api/public/dl/MEEuZK-v/file-name.txt` for old browsers to save file with correct name
/workspace/http/public.go:93:	// prevent maliciously constructed parameters like `/api/public/dl/XZzCDnK2_not_exists_hash_name`
/workspace/http/public.go:104:var publicShareHandler = withHashFile(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
/workspace/http/public.go:116:var publicDlHandler = withHashFile(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
/workspace/http/public_test.go:61:		for handlerName, handler := range map[string]handleFunc{"public share handler": publicShareHandler, "public dl handler": publicDlHandler} {
$cat /workspace/http/http.go
package fbhttp

import (
	"io/fs"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/gorilla/mux"

	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/settings"
	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/storage"
)
$rg -n "Perm\." /workspace/users/ | head -30exit 124
(no output)
$find /workspace -name "*.go" -path "*/users/*"
/workspace/users/assets.go
/workspace/users/password.go
/workspace/users/permissions.go
/workspace/users/storage.go
/workspace/users/storage_test.go
/workspace/users/users.go
$rg -n "type Permissions|Perm\s" /workspace/users/
/workspace/users/permissions.go:4:type Permissions struct {
/workspace/users/users.go:32:	Perm                  Permissions   `json:"perm"`
$cat /workspace/users/permissions.go
package users

import (
	"path/filepath"

	"github.com/spf13/afero"

	fberrors "github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/errors"
	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/files"
	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/rules"
)
$cat /workspace/users/users.go
package users

// Permissions describe a user's permissions.
type Permissions struct {
	Admin    bool `json:"admin"`
	Execute  bool `json:"execute"`
	Create   bool `json:"create"`
	Rename   bool `json:"rename"`
	Modify   bool `json:"modify"`
	Delete   bool `json:"delete"`
	Share    bool `json:"share"`
	Download bool `json:"download"`
$cat /workspace/share/share.go
package share

type CreateBody struct {
	Password string `json:"password"`
	Expires  string `json:"expires"`
	Unit     string `json:"unit"`
}

// Link is the information needed to build a shareable link.
type Link struct {
	Hash         string `json:"hash" storm:"id,index"`
	Path         string `json:"path" storm:"index"`
$find /workspace/share -name "*.go" -exec cat {} \;
package share

type CreateBody struct {
	Password string `json:"password"`
	Expires  string `json:"expires"`
	Unit     string `json:"unit"`
}

// Link is the information needed to build a shareable link.
type Link struct {
	Hash         string `json:"hash" storm:"id,index"`
	Path         string `json:"path" storm:"index"`
$rg -n "func handle\b" /workspace/http/
/workspace/http/data.go:50:func handle(fn handleFunc, prefix string, store *storage.Storage, server *settings.Server) http.Handler {
$cat /workspace/http/data.go
package fbhttp

import (
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"strconv"

	"github.com/tomasen/realip"

	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/rules"
	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/runner"
	"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2/settings"
$rg -n "func withUser|func withPerm" /workspace/http/
/workspace/http/auth.go:83:func withUser(fn handleFunc) handleFunc {
/workspace/http/share.go:21:func withPermShare(fn handleFunc) handleFunc {
$sed -n '80,100p' /workspace/http/auth.go
	return true
}

func withUser(fn handleFunc) handleFunc {
	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
		keyFunc := func(_ *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
			return d.settings.Key, nil
		}

		var tk authToken
		p := jwt.NewParser(jwt.WithValidMethods([]string{jwt.SigningMethodHS256.Alg()}), jwt.WithExpirationRequired())
		token, err := request.ParseFromRequest(r, &extractor{}, keyFunc, request.WithClaims(&tk), request.WithParser(p))
$cat /workspace/http/public_test.go
package fbhttp

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"path/filepath"
	"testing"

	"github.com/asdine/storm/v3"
	"github.com/spf13/afero"

Step spans

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