CVE-2026-68548: Algernon: Case-insensitive filesystem lets unauthenticated requests bypass /admin,/repo,/data permission-prefix gate
xyproto · algernon
Affected: xyproto algernon · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 55% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to version 1.17.10, Algernon's URL-prefix authorization gate matches its protected prefixes (/admin, /repo, /data) with case-sensitive strings.HasPrefix, while the exact same raw req.URL.Path is later resolved against the filesystem. On case-insensitive filesystems (Windows NTFS — always; macOS APFS/HFS+ — default), a request for /Admin/secret.lua evades every protected-prefix check, falls through to the public-prefix accept branch, and then resolves on disk to admin/secret.lua. The result is an unauthenticated bypass of the /admin, /repo, and /data authorization boundary, enabling read (and, for Lua files, execution) of protected content. The permission system is active in the default configuration. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.10.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- xyproto · algernon< 1.17.10
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- xyproto
- Published
- November 2026
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