Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.
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Description Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos. Prior to version 1.21.0, when a user requests a download, the application does not verify whether the requested file is located within the media source directory, which can result in sensitive system files being downloadable as well. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.
Title HomeGallery: Path Traversal (Arbitrary File Read)
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T04:32:09.630Z

Reserved: 2026-03-02T21:43:19.927Z

Link: CVE-2026-28679

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T05:16:36.977

Modified: 2026-03-06T05:16:36.977

Link: CVE-2026-28679

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