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CVE-2018-11762
In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and…
Medium5.9EPSS 5.4%
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Description
In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- Zip Slip Vulnerability in Apache Tika's tika-app
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tika
- affected 0.9 to 1.18
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika-coreGHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- 105515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [tika-dev] 20180919 [CVE-2018-11762] Zip Slip Vulnerability in Apache Tika's tika-app (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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