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Path Traversal in Apache Shiro

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 24, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 6, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.shiro:shiro-web (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.12.0
>= 2.0.0-alpha-1, < 2.0.0-alpha-3

Patched versions

1.12.0
2.0.0-alpha-3

Description

Apache Shiro, before 1.12.0 or 2.0.0-alpha-3, may be susceptible to a path traversal attack that results in an authentication bypass when used together with APIs or other web frameworks that route requests based on non-normalized requests.

Mitigation: Update to Apache Shiro 1.12.0+ or 2.0.0-alpha-3+

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 24, 2023
Reviewed Jul 25, 2023
Last updated Nov 6, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-34478

GHSA ID

GHSA-pmhc-2g4f-85cg

Source code

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