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FKIE_CVE-2025-66249

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-13 19:53 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:56
Severity
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache Livy. This issue affects Apache Livy: from 0.3.0 before 0.9.0. The vulnerability can only be exploited with non-default Apache Livy Server settings. If the configuration value "livy.file.local-dir-whitelist" is set to a non-default value, the directory checking can be bypassed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.9.0, which fixes the issue.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/1xwphsfn4jbtym4k4o0zlvwfogwqwwc3Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/12/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache livy *
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