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  1. Medium, CVSS 4.3MavenPublished

    Apache PDFBox Examples: Path Traversal in PDFBox ExtractEmbeddedFiles Example Code

    CVE-2026-33929 · GHSA-gcj8-76p4-g2fq

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples >= 2.0.24, <= 2.0.36; >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.7
    Fixed in
    3.0.82.0.37· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache PDFBox Examples. This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.36, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.7. Users are recommended to update to version 2.0.37 or 3.0.8 once available. Until then, they should apply the fix provided in GitHub PR 427. The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contained a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) mentioned in CVE-2026-23907. However the change in the releases 2.0.36 and 3.0.7 is flawed because it doesn't consider the file path separator. Because of that, a user having writing rights on /home/ABC could be victim to a malicious PDF resulting in a write attempt to any path starting with /home/ABC, e.g. "/home/ABCDEF". Users who have copied this example into their production code should apply the mentioned change. The example has been changed accordingly and is available in the project repository.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 3.0.8 or 2.0.37 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  2. Medium, CVSS 5.3MavenPublished

    Apache PDFBox has Path Traversal through PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() function

    CVE-2026-23907 · GHSA-jjwr-xmw6-gf78

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples >= 2.0.24, < 3.0.7
    Fixed in
    3.0.7· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    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.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 3.0.7 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →