CVE-2020-17518

CVE-2020-17518: Apache Flink directory traversal attack: remote file writing through the REST API

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Flink
Weakness CWE-23
Published January 5, 2021
Last update February 13, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

Apache Flink 1.5.1 introduced a REST handler that allows you to write an uploaded file to an arbitrary location on the local file system, through a maliciously modified HTTP HEADER. The files can be written to any location accessible by Flink 1.5.1. All users should upgrade to Flink 1.11.3 or 1.12.0 if their Flink instance(s) are exposed. The issue was fixed in commit a5264a6f41524afe8ceadf1d8ddc8c80f323ebc4 from apache/flink:master.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2021 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated