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GHSA-JJWR-XMW6-GF78

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-10 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-11 18:13

Summary

Apache PDFBox has Path Traversal through PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() function

Details

This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6.

The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path.

Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-03-11T18:13:49Z",
  "published": "2026-03-10T18:31:19Z",
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CVE-2026-23907 (GCVE-0-2026-23907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 09:43 – Updated: 2026-03-10 17:51

Title

Apache PDFBox Examples: Path Traversal in PDFBox ExtractEmbeddedFiles Example Code

Summary

This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path. Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

apache

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/JoakimBulow/
	https://lists.apache.org/thread/gyfq5tcrxfv7rx0z2…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache PDFBox Examples	Affected: 2.0.24 , ≤ 2.0.35 (semver) Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 3.0.6 (semver)

Credits

Joakim Bülow (Neo4j Security Team)

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GHSA-JJWR-XMW6-GF78

CVE-2026-23907 (GCVE-0-2026-23907)

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