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CVE-2018-12036

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12036 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in OWASP Dependency-Check versions prior to 3.2.0, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files through specially crafted archives. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction and local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential impact warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owasp:dependency-check:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.owasp:dependency-check-mavenFixed in: 3.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-hcwx-7q5v-vc67high

Path Traversal in OWASP Dependency-Check

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / jeremylong/DependencyCheck/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md
Release Notes
github.com / snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
ExploitThird Party Advisory