CVE-2026-33929

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileDEEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.71% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · ncsc_nl

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

6.6

010

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

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USCWE-22USCWE-22US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM License Metric Tool 9.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.2
IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP16all versionscert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP16cert_bundDE
Apache Software Foundation Apache PDFBox Examples≤ 3.0.0 ≤3.0.7enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache PDFBox Examples≤ 2.0.24 ≤2.0.36enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Financial Services Applications≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Compliance Studio≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Model Management and Governance≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Oracle Corporation Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Case Management≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
apache pdfbox2.0.24 → 2.0.37nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache pdfbox3.0.0 → 3.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples2.0.24 → 2.0.37osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox-examples
Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples3.0.0 → 3.0.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox-examples

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2026-0312Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Financial ServicesNL2026-08-19csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Financial Services Enterprise modules.
WID-SEC-W-2026-1687IBM License Metric Tool: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2026-05-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM License Metric Tool ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-2895Oracle Financial Services Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Financial Services Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
GHSA-gcj8-76p4-g2fqApache PDFBox Examples: Path Traversal in PDFBox ExtractEmbeddedFiles Example Code2026-04-14ghsa · osvUS
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.

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-14modified 2026-10-26

references (9)

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