Answer in brief
CVE-2026-62856 records a High severity (CVSS 7.7) vulnerability in FreeScout: Cross-User Notification Data Disclosure via LIKE Wildcard Injection in Polycast Channel Query. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps freescout-help-desk/freescout (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps freescout-help-desk/freescout (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| freescout-help-desk/freescoutgeneric | <1.8.226 | 1.8.226 |
Published upstream
Nov 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 6, 2026
FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox application. Prior to version 1.8.226, the polycast/receive endpoint fails to escape SQL LIKE wildcards in supplied channel names, while channel authorization applies only to names with specific prefixes. An unauthenticated attacker with a guest session and valid CSRF token can submit a wildcard channel name to retrieve matching notification events intended for other users. Notification payload generation lacks a corresponding access check, exposing conversation message content, identifiers, URLs, and notification HTML across users and mailboxes. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.226.
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