CVE-2021-40525

Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

EPSS 3.7%CWE-22

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 3.7%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

04 Jan 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation · Apache James

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References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1