TIBCO JasperReports Library Code Sandboxing Problem

published 2018-04-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17199

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the report scripting component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio Community Edition, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio for ActiveMatrix BPM may allow analytic reports that contain scripting to perform arbitrary code execution. Affected releases include TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.2.4; 6.3.0; 6.3.2;6.3.3; 6.4.0; 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.2.4; 6.3.0; 6.3.2; 6.3.3; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio: versions up to and including 6.2.4; 6.3.0; 6.3.2; 6.3.3; 6.4.0; 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.2.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5429 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 6.3

jasperreports: arbitrary code execution in analytic reports that contain scripting

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not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio Community Edition
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio for ActiveMatrix BPM

References

tibco.com /support/advisories/2018/04/tibco-security-advisory-april-17-2018-tibco-jasperreports-2018-5429
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5429
NVD CVE-2018-5429

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Summary