CVE-2018-9159

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.044 · 91 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

4.45% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal sequences. NOTE: this product is unrelated to Ignite Realtime Spark.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedRed Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3redhat_csaf
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on. Installation instructions are located in the download section of the customer portal. The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2020
FixedRed Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3redhat_csaf
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on. Installation instructions are located in the download section of the customer portal. The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2020

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.05mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-22US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

shoucheng3/perwendel__spark_CVE-2018-9159_2-7-1shoucheng3/perwendel__spark_CVE-2018-9159_2-7-1PoC · poc_in_github
shoucheng3/perwendel__spark_CVE-2018-9159_2_7_2_fixedshoucheng3/perwendel__spark_CVE-2018-9159_2_7_2_fixedPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sparkjava spark< 2.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sparkjava:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.sparkjava:spark-core< 2.7.2osvUSpkg:maven/com.sparkjava/spark-core
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/a:redhat:jboss_amq:6.3
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:6.3

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2018:2020Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Fuse/A-MQ 6.3 R8 security and bug fix update2018-06-26csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Fuse and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
GHSA-76qr-mmh8-cp8fModerate severity vulnerability that affects com.sparkjava:spark-core2018-10-19ghsa · osvUS
In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal sequences. NOTE: this product is unrelated to Ignite Realtime Spark.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-31modified 2026-06-17

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references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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