CVE-2022-22931 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-22931

Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1

Vulnerability Description

Fix of CVE-2021-40525 do not prepend delimiters upon valid directory validations. Affected implementations include: - maildir mailbox store - Sieve file repository This enables a user to access other users data stores (limited to user names being prefixed by the value of the username being used).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • These issues were discovered and reported by GHSL team member Jaroslav Lobačevski

Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache James
Vulnerable Versions:
Apache James 3.6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 7th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)