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CVE

GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2

Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API
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CVE

GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2

Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API

Impact

The default implementation of Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean) may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path.

Patches

This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. See https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.3.0.0 for details.

Workarounds

Yes; in theory, one could write the own implementation of the Validator interface. This would most easily be done by sub-classing a version of the affected DefaultValidator class and then overriding the affected getValidDirectoryPath() to correct the issue. However, this is not recommended.

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Package Versions Affected

Package Version
patch Availability
org.owasp.esapi:esapi 2.2.3.1
Available
Unavailable

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23457, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/a0d67b75593878b1b6e39e2acc1773b3effedb2a, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/GHSL-2022-008TheOWASPEnterpriseSecurityAPI.md, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014, https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008TheOWASPEnterpriseSecurityAPI, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.00323%
EPSS Percentile
0.5489%
Introduced Version
2.0GA
Fix Available
2.3.0.0

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