CVE-2026-110176 (GCVE-0-2026-110176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-31 00:01 – Updated: 2026-10-31 00:01
VLAI
Title
File Force Download for Drupal 7 Access Bypass via Unconditional Download Headers
Summary
The File Force Download module for Drupal 7 implements hook_file_download() to add a Content-Disposition header when a file URL carries the download query parameter. In Drupal 7, returning a non-empty header array from that hook is itself a grant of access to the file. In versions 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, the module only delegated to other modules' hook_file_download() implementations when the file was in the private scheme. For every other scheme it returned its headers without any check. An unauthenticated visitor who appended download=1 to the URL of a file in the temporary:// scheme, or in a stream wrapper supplied by another module, could retrieve the file, overriding the access checks that would otherwise have applied. Files in the public and private schemes are not affected.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
drupal CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 281 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Drupal File Force Download Affected: 7.1.0 , < 7.1.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-09-02 06:00
Credits
Ra Mänd (ram4nd) Ra Mänd (ram4nd)
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