GHSA-85jm-cwp2-mvpv
CefSharp.Common: `FolderSchemeHandlerFactory` path boundary check can expose files outside the configured root folder
Details
### Summary
`FolderSchemeHandlerFactory` was intended to restrict served files to a configured `rootFolder`, but its path validation used a raw string prefix check. A request could escape to a sibling directory whose full path starts with the root folder path, allowing files outside the configured root to be served.
### Details
In affected versions, `FolderSchemeHandlerFactory` canonicalized `rootFolder`, decoded the request path, combined it with the root, and then allowed the file when:
```csharp filePath.StartsWith(rootFolder, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ```
This does not enforce a directory boundary. For example, `/tmp/app/www2/secret.txt` starts with `/tmp/app/www`, but `www2` is a sibling of `www`, not a child. The same issue applies on Windows, for example `C:\app\www2\secret.txt` starts with `C:\app\www`.
The affected code was reviewed at commit `b5fef3bb4bc58798c95170078c41de92cfe9066e`, assembly version `147.0.100`.
### PoC
Set `rootFolder` to a directory named `www` and create a sibling directory named `www2`:
```text <temp>/www/index.html <temp>/www2/secret.txt ```
Register `FolderSchemeHandlerFactory` for `<temp>/www`, then request:
```text https://folderschemehandlerfactory.test/..%2fwww2/secret.txt ```
The request path is URL-decoded to `../www2/secret.txt`, combined with `<temp>/www`, and canonicalized to:
```text <temp>/www2/secret.txt ```
Because `<temp>/www2/secret.txt` starts with `<temp>/www` as a string prefix, the affected check passes and `secret.txt` is served from outside `rootFolder`.
Expected vulnerable result: HTTP 200 with the contents of `<temp>/www2/secret.txt`.
Expected fixed result: 404 or equivalent not-found response because the resolved file is outside `rootFolder`.
### Impact
Applications using `FolderSchemeHandlerFactory` for a custom scheme or registered HTTP/HTTPS scheme may expose local files outside the intended served directory. This is most relevant when sensitive sibling directories share the root path prefix, such as `www`/`www2`, `public`/`public_backup`, or `static`/`static-secrets`.
An attacker must be able to cause the embedded browser to request URLs handled by the affected scheme registration.
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Affected packages
0 Fixed in: 148.0.90 dotnet add package CefSharp.Common --version 148.0.90