Advisory record · GHSA-6fmv-xxpf-w3cw

Plexus-Utils has a Directory Traversal vulnerability in its extractFile method

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0070 · 53rd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 25 Mar 2026, 18:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utilsMaven>=4.0.0, <4.0.3 || <3.6.14.0.3, 3.6.1
Identifiers
GHSA-6fmv-xxpf-w3cw · CVE-2025-67030
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Published
25 Mar 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Plexus-Utils versions 4.0.0 before 4.0.3 and versions before 3.6.1 are vulnerable to directory traversal in the extractFile method of its Expand class. The source gives few details on the required access, but the description says an attacker could execute arbitrary code. Upgrade to plexus-utils 4.0.3 or 3.6.1.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0070, the 53rd percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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