DSpace ItemImportService API Vulnerable to Path Traversal in Simple Archive Format Package Import

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

7.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

• CVE-2022-31195: 1.97% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 80.41 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact ItemImportServiceImpl is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability. This means a malicious SAF (simple archive format) package could cause a file/directory to be created anywhere the Tomcat/DSpace user can write to on the server. However, this path traversal vulnerability is only possible by a user with special privileges (either Administrators or someone with command-line access to the server). This vulnerability impacts the XMLUI, JSPUI and command-line. This vulnerability does NOT impact 7.x. Patches DSpace 6.x: Fixed in 6.4 via commit: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/7af52a0883a9dbc475cf3001f04ed11b24c8a4c0 6.x patch file: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/7af52a0883a9dbc475cf3001f04ed11b24c8a4c0.patch (may be applied manually if an immediate upgrade to 6.4 or 7.x is not possible) DSpace 5.x: Fixed in 5.11 via commit: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/56e76049185bbd87c994128a9d77735ad7af0199 5.x patch file:…

Published by the source

6 Aug 2022, 05:48 UTC

Last modified by the source

31 Jan 2023, 05:01 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:05 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-8rmh-55h4-93h5

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2022-31195

Advisory: DSpace ItemImportService API Vulnerable to Path Traversal in Simple Archive Format Package Import
IDs: CVE-2022-31195, GHSA-8rmh-55h4-93h5
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2022-31195 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:05 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.2)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: org.dspace:dspace-api 6.4, 5.11. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven org.dspace:dspace-api: affected >= 4.0, < 5.11; >= 6.0, < 6.4; fixed in 5.11, 6.4

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven org.dspace:dspace-api: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on org.dspace:dspace-api.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rmh-55h4-93h5 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-8rmh-55h4-93h5 lists affected ranges: Maven org.dspace:dspace-api >=4.0 =6.0 <6.4)

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