GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-jjwr-xmw6-gf78 Apache PDFBox has Path Traversal through PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() function
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-23907
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-11
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples: >= 2.0.24, < 3.0.7 → fixed in 3.0.7
Description
This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6.
The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path.
Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-23907 This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23907 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/commit/b028eafdf101b58e4ee95430c3be25e3e3aa29d7 web
- https://github.com/apache/pdfbox package
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gyfq5tcrxfv7rx0z2yyx4hb3h53ndffw web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/10/1 web