Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2026-56845

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in Rocket.Chat from Rocket.Chat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthenticated path traversal (LFI) vulnerability exists under /custom-sounds/ when CustomSounds storage is configured to FileSystem. By including ../ sequences in the request path, an attacker can read arbitrary files outside the base directory.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Rocket.Chat Rocket.Chat 0 – before 8.2.00 – before 8.1.10 – before 8.0.20 – before 7.13.40 – before 7.12.50 – before 7.11.50 – before 7.10.8

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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