PSA-2026-00058: Proxmox Backup Server: S3-Refresh path escape issue
This Proxmox advisory covers a security issue in Proxmox Backup Server.
Key facts
- Fixed in
- proxmox-backup-server 4.2.7-1
- Advisory id
- PSA-2026-00058
- Source published
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Incomplete validation of an S3 object key returned by a configured S3 endpoint allowed an attacker with control over the S3 server to overwrite arbitrary host paths as user/group backup when an S3-refresh is triggered. This issue was reported privately by Project Loupe.
Packages: proxmox-backup-server.
Text from the source record.
Fix and mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Proxmox:
- proxmox-backup-server 4.2.7-1
Vendor guidance
- Update to the fixed package versions: proxmox-backup-server >= 4.2.7-1.
End-of-life dates for Proxmox Backup Server
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