Path traversal in Apache Shiro - CVE-2023-34478

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Path traversal in Apache Shiro - CVE-2023-34478

Published: August 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78805
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34478
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and bypass authentication process, when used together with APIs or other web frameworks that route requests based on non-normalized requests.


Affected software

Apache Shiro
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
IBM Global High Availability Mailbox
Oxygen Content Fusion
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
PowerStore T
Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System
Oxygen XML Web Author
Cloudera Data Platform Private Cloud Base for IBM

How to mitigate CVE-2023-34478

Install update from vendor's website.

Apache Shiro - update to 1.12.0
Oxygen Content Fusion - update to 6.0 2023110109
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.0
PowerStore T - update to 3.6.1.2-2315284
Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System - update to 4.0.0.0-2284811
IBM Global High Availability Mailbox - update to 6.2.0.4
Cloudera Data Platform Private Cloud Base for IBM - update to 7.1.9.3 HF2
Oxygen XML Web Author - update to 26.0.0 2023101015

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