Possible limited path traversal vulnerabily in Apache Commons IO
CVE-2021-29425

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 April 2021

Summary

In Apache Commons IO before 2.7, When invoking the method FileNameUtils.normalize with an improper input string, like "//../foo", or "\..\foo", the result would be the same value, thus possibly providing access to files in the parent directory, but not further above (thus "limited" path traversal), if the calling code would use the result to construct a path value.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Commons IO Apache Commons IO 2.2

Apache Commons IO Apache Commons IO 2.3

Apache Commons IO Apache Commons IO 2.4

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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