CVE-2026-72814

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.

References

• https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-8v2v-wjwg-vx6r
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-web-before-information-disclosure-via-files