Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-97164 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-97164 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-97164?
- Informational severity, published 27 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Svenbluege.De Event Gallery before 6.5.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-97164?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-97164 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-97164?
- Check whether you run Svenbluege.De Event Gallery at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the `cache.process` task where the `images` parameter fails to validate paths, allowing recursive directory deletion. Authentication is required to exploit this issue. An attacker with Joomla backend access can target any writable directory on the server filesystem, resulting in arbitrary data loss.
Affected products
- svenbluege.de Event Gallery before 6.5.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-27: disclosed