CVE-2022-37866 Apache Ivy allows path traversal in the presence of a malicious repository

2022-11-0700:00:00

CWE-22

apache

www.cve.org

apache ivy

vulnerability

artifact path

traversal

repository

upgrade

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

53.5%

JSON

When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the local file system based on a user-supplied “pattern” that may include placeholders for artifacts coordinates like the organisation, module or version. If said coordinates contain “…/” sequences - which are valid characters for Ivy coordinates in general - it is possible the artifacts are stored outside of Ivy’s local cache or repository or can overwrite different artifacts inside of the local cache. In order to exploit this vulnerability an attacker needs collaboration by the remote repository as Ivy will issue http requests containing “…” sequences and a “normal” repository will not interpret them as part of the artifact coordinates. Users of Apache Ivy 2.0.0 to 2.5.1 should upgrade to Ivy 2.5.1.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "product": "Apache Ivy",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "2.0.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2.5.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]