GHSA-8M5H-HRQM-PXM2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-27 21:09 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:28
VLAI?
Summary
Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API
Details

Impact

The default implementation of Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean) may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path.

Patches

This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. See https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.3.0.0 for details.

Workarounds

Yes; in theory, one could write the own implementation of the Validator interface. This would most easily be done by sub-classing a version of the affected DefaultValidator class and then overriding the affected getValidDirectoryPath() to correct the issue. However, this is not recommended.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email one of the project co-leaders. See email addresses listed on the OWASP ESAPI wiki page, under "Leaders". * Send email to one of the two ESAPI related Google Groups listed under Where to Find More Information on ESAPI on our README.md page.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "details": "### Impact\nThe default implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the \u0027input\u0027 path.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. See https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.3.0.0 for details.\n\n### Workarounds\nYes; in theory, one _could_ write the own implementation of the Validator interface. This would most easily be done by sub-classing a version of the affected `DefaultValidator` class and then overriding the affected `getValidDirectoryPath()` to correct the issue. However, this is not recommended.\n\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email one of the project co-leaders. See email addresses listed on  the [OWASP ESAPI wiki](https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/) page, under \"Leaders\".\n* Send email to one of the two ESAPI related Google Groups listed under [Where to Find More Information on ESAPI](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#where-to-find-more-information-on-esapi) on our [README.md](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#readme) page.",
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  "modified": "2025-11-03T22:28:22Z",
  "published": "2022-04-27T21:09:43Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html"
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      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014"
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