CVE-2026-41236

Description

Froxlor is open source server administration software. Version 2.3.6 contains a symlink-following flaw in the root-owned SSH key synchronization path used for customer FTP users. The provisioning code appends public keys to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` under a customer-controlled home directory without verifying that the target path is not a symbolic link. If an attacker controls a shell-enabled customer account and can modify files inside the assigned home directory, the attacker can replace `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` with a symlink to `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`. When Froxlor's privileged cron task later synchronizes SSH keys, it appends the attacker-supplied key into root's authorized key file, resulting in root SSH access. Version 2.3.7 contains a patch.

Source: NVD

References

• [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41236
• [Other]https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.7
• [Other]https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-mq5v-pxpm-8jw2
• [Other]https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-mq5v-pxpm-8jw2

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