CVE-2025-27553 is a Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS versions prior to 2.10.0. The FileObject API's 'resolveFile' method, when used with 'NameScope.DESCENDENT', fails to properly validate paths containing encoded "../" sequences, allowing access to files outside the intended base directory. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_vfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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