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CVE-2026-33929
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache PDFBox Examples.
This issue affects the
ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.36, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.7.
Users are recommended to update to version 2.0.37 or 3.0.8 once
available. Until then, they should apply the fix provided in GitHub PR
427.
The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contained a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) mentioned in CVE-2026-2390
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples","product":"Apache PDFBox Examples","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.0.36","status":"affected","version":"2.0.24","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.7","status":"affected","version":"3.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
3 source assertions{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/pull/427/changes"}
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{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/j8l07tgzy9dm8d8n0f3c45h7zg7t3ld6"}
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{"tags":["mailing-list"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/op3lyx1ngzy4qycn06l6hljyf28ff0zs"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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