The path allowance check in GeneralUtility::isAllowedAbsPath() performed a plain string prefix comparison without requiring a directory separator boundary, causing a path like /var/www/html-other/sec…
Summary
The path allowance check in GeneralUtility::isAllowedAbsPath() performed a plain string prefix comparison without requiring a directory separator boundary, causing a path like /var/www/html-other/secret.yaml to be incorrectly accepted as valid when the project root was /var/www/html. Administrator users with access to the File Abstraction Layer were able to create new file storage definitions pointing to directories outside the project root, bypassing this path check. This issue affects TYPO3 C…
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Lint boundary warnings (1)
The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).
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REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-016
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/150a983a5d687cedcfc33bbe9c335d9a13fd05e5
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/44c2fa9807944136218a0842e3051c0a379a002d
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-016
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD