CVE-2026-52891

Wekan: Shell Injection via Avatar Upload

Published Jul 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.07, Wekan avatar upload functionality embeds user-supplied filenames into paths later passed to child_process.exec() for MIME-type detection. Because models/avatars.js and models/fileValidation.js used a shell command with the avatar filename, shell metacharacters such as backticks and $() in the filename could execute commands on the server. This issue is fixed in version 9.07.

Remediation

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Wekan
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Vendors & Products Wekan
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Description Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.07, Wekan avatar upload functionality embeds user-supplied filenames into paths later passed to child_process.exec() for MIME-type detection. Because models/avatars.js and models/fileValidation.js used a shell command with the avatar filename, shell metacharacters such as backticks and $() in the filename could execute commands on the server. This issue is fixed in version 9.07.
Title Wekan: Shell Injection via Avatar Upload
Weaknesses CWE-78
CWE-88
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 17, 2026, 6:23 PM
Reserved
Jun 8, 2026, 9:44 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 15, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Jul 17, 2026, 7:17 PM