Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-72814actix-files before 0.6.10 Information Disclosure via Files

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in actix-files from actix. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The actix-files crate (actix_files) before version 0.6.10 contains an information exposure vulnerability. When a non-existing folder is passed as the serve_from argument to Files::new(), the mount path defaults to an empty path; the service then joins the request path with this empty path and canonicalizes it, causing Rust to resolve it as a relative path. As a result, an attacker can request paths that resolve relative to the application's working directory and access unintended files.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:26.10	rust-actix-files	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72814

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
actix	actix-files	0 – before 0.6.10

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-8v2v-wjwg-vx6r) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: actix-web before 0.6.10 Information Disclosure via Files third-party-advisory