Path Traversal in Apache Oozie

published 2018-02-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2fx6-r6qx-3c7h , EUVD-2022-1976

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.5%; EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 0; none known

Vulnerability allows a user of Apache Oozie 3.1.3-incubating to 4.3.0 and 5.0.0-beta1 to expose private files on the Oozie server process. The malicious user can construct a workflow XML file containing XML directives and configuration that reference sensitive files on the Oozie server host.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.apache.oozie:oozie-core 5.0.0

Exploit prediction

2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.oozie:oozie-core	>=3.1.3, <5.0.0	5.0.0

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Oozie

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

securityfocus.com /bid/103102
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/4606709264fe7cb0285e2a12aca2d01a06b14cd58791c9fc32abd216%40%3Cdev.oozie.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15712
advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/4606709264fe7cb0285e2a12aca2d01a06b14cd58791c9fc32abd216@%3Cdev.oozie.apache.org%3E
web

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary