Advisory record · GHSA-g6ph-x5wf-g337

plexus-codehaus vulnerable to directory traversal

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.013 · 71st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 25 Sept 2023, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utilsMaven<3.0.243.0.24
Identifiers
GHSA-g6ph-x5wf-g337 · CVE-2022-4244
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Published
25 Sept 2023
Updated
3 May 2024

Machine-written summary

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

plexus-utils versions before 3.0.24 are vulnerable to directory traversal, which lets crafted file paths using ../ sequences or absolute paths reach files outside the intended folder. The source gives few details on what an attacker must supply. Upgrade to plexus-utils 3.0.24 or later.

Written 8 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (redhat)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.013, the 71st percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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