diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/Folders/fileadmin/user_upload/ThumnailViewHelperFalTest.jpg b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/Folders/fileadmin/user_upload/ThumnailViewHelperFalTest.jpg
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diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/fal_image.csv b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/fal_image.csv
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+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/fal_image.csv
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+"pages"
+,"uid","pid","title","sorting","deleted","perms_everybody","slug","media"
+,1,0,"Root",128,0,15,"/",1
+"sys_file_storage"
+,"uid","pid","name","processingfolder","driver","is_browsable","is_public","is_writable","is_online","configuration"
+,1,0,"fileadmin/ (auto-created)","_processed_/","Local",1,1,1,1,"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" standalone=""yes"" ?>
+<T3FlexForms>
+	<data>
+		<sheet index=""sDEF"">
+			<language index=""lDEF"">
+				<field index=""basePath"">
+					<value index=""vDEF"">fileadmin/</value>
+				</field>
+				<field index=""pathType"">
+					<value index=""vDEF"">relative</value>
+				</field>
+				<field index=""caseSensitive"">
+					<value index=""vDEF"">1</value>
+				</field>
+			</language>
+		</sheet>
+	</data>
+</T3FlexForms>"
+"sys_file"
+,"uid","pid","tstamp","last_indexed","storage","type","metadata","identifier","identifier_hash","folder_hash","extension","mime_type","name","sha1","size","creation_date","modification_date","missing"
+,"1","0","1697814707","1697814707","1","2","0","/user_upload/ThumnailViewHelperFalTest.jpg","a20385b6dd064be08d6930ccb84ef25e8b1684d7","19669f1e02c2f16705ec7587044c66443be70725","jpeg","image/jpeg","ImageViewHelperFalTest.jpg","da5de02721c004987c4d7dcc520ba1eeb24c63ea","1121638","1697814707","1697814707","0"
+"sys_file_metadata"
+,"uid","pid","tstamp","crdate","sys_language_uid","l10n_parent","l10n_state","l10n_diffsource","t3ver_oid","t3ver_wsid","t3ver_state","t3ver_stage","file","title","width","height","alternative","categories","description"
+,"1","0","1697814707","1697814707","0","0","\NULL","","0","0","0","0","1","\NULL","400","300","alt text from metadata","0","\NULL"
+"sys_file_reference"
+,"uid","pid","tstamp","crdate","deleted","hidden","sys_language_uid","l10n_parent","l10n_state","l10n_diffsource","t3ver_oid","t3ver_wsid","t3ver_state","t3ver_stage","uid_foreign","tablenames","fieldname","sorting_foreign","uid_local","title","alternative","autoplay","crop","description","link"
+,"1","1","1697821916","1697821916","0","0","0","0","\NULL","","0","0","0","0","1","pages","media","1","1","title from reference","alt text from reference","0","{""default"":{""cropArea"":{""x"":0,""y"":0,""width"":1,""height"":1},""selectedRatio"":""NaN"",""focusArea"":null},""square"":{""cropArea"":{""x"":0,""y"":0,""width"":0.75,""height"":1},""selectedRatio"":""NaN"",""focusArea"":null}}","\NULL",""
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/ThumbnailViewHelperTest.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/ThumbnailViewHelperTest.php
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+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/ThumbnailViewHelperTest.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
+ */
+
+namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tests\Functional\ViewHelpers;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\ResourceFactory;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\Rendering\RenderingContextFactory;
+use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\FunctionalTestCase;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\View\TemplateView;
+
+final class ThumbnailViewHelperTest extends FunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected array $pathsToProvideInTestInstance = [
+        'typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Functional/ViewHelpers/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/Folders/fileadmin/' => 'fileadmin/',
+    ];
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function sysFileAsImageAttrbuteReturnsExpectedImageTag(): void
+    {
+        $this->importCSVDataSet(__DIR__ . '/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/fal_image.csv');
+        $resourceFactory = $this->get(ResourceFactory::class);
+        $file = $resourceFactory->getFileObject(1);
+        $context = $this->get(RenderingContextFactory::class)->create();
+        $context->getViewHelperResolver()->addNamespace('be', 'TYPO3\\CMS\\Backend\\ViewHelpers');
+        $context->getTemplatePaths()->setTemplateSource('<be:thumbnail image="{imageObject}" />');
+        $context->getVariableProvider()->add('imageObject', $file);
+        $expected = '<img src="fileadmin/_processed_/3/7/preview_ImageViewHelperFalTest_252565634e.jpg" width="64" height="64" alt="alt text from metadata" />';
+
+        self::assertEquals($expected, (new TemplateView($context))->render());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function sysFileReferenceAsImageAttrbuteReturnsExpectedImageTag(): void
+    {
+        $this->importCSVDataSet(__DIR__ . '/Fixtures/ThumbnailViewHelper/fal_image.csv');
+        $resourceFactory = $this->get(ResourceFactory::class);
+        $file = $resourceFactory->getFileReferenceObject(1);
+        $context = $this->get(RenderingContextFactory::class)->create();
+        $context->getViewHelperResolver()->addNamespace('be', 'TYPO3\\CMS\\Backend\\ViewHelpers');
+        $context->getTemplatePaths()->setTemplateSource('<be:thumbnail image="{imageObject}" />');
+        $context->getVariableProvider()->add('imageObject', $file);
+        $expected = '<img src="fileadmin/_processed_/3/7/preview_ImageViewHelperFalTest_252565634e.jpg" width="64" height="64" alt="alt text from metadata" />';
+
+        self::assertEquals($expected, (new TemplateView($context))->render());
+    }
+}