CVE-2026-40565Disclosure(freescout / freescout)

LOWCVSS 6.1 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, FreeScout's linkify() function in app/Misc/Helper.php converts plain-text URLs in email bodies into HTML anchor tags without escaping double-quote characters (") in the URL. HTMLPurifier (called first via getCleanBody()) preserves literal " characters in text nodes. linkify() then wraps URLs including those " chars inside an unescaped href="..." attribute, breaking out of the href and injecting arbitrary HTML attributes. Version 1.8.213 fixes the issue.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-79

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • freescout

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
freescout

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-04-21: 204-21
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-40565 FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, FreeScout's linkify() function in app/Misc/Helper.php converts plain-text URLs… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40565

    Post summary

    The snippet simply announces CVE‑2026‑40565, noting its impact on FreeScout’s linkify() function, but provides no exploit, patch, or detailed technical information.

    00010215
    57.2K followersView on X
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    General

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-40565 FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, FreeScout's linkify() function in app/Misc/Helper.php converts plain-text URLs… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40565 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-40565 Fre… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The text merely mentions CVE‑2026‑40565 and links to its CVE record, offering minimal context without PoC, exploit code, evidence of active exploitation, or mitigation details.

    0000021
    72 followersView on X
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