CVE-2021-32769 HIGH

CVE-2021-32769: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in micronaut-core

Vendor Micronaut-Projects
Product micronaut-core
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published July 16, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Micronaut is a JVM-based, full stack Java framework designed for building JVM applications. A path traversal vulnerability exists in versions prior to 2.5.9. With a basic configuration, it is possible to access any file from a filesystem, using "/../../" in the URL. This occurs because Micronaut does not restrict file access to configured paths. The vulnerability is patched in version 2.5.9. As a workaround, do not use `**` in mapping, use only `*`, which exposes only flat structure of a directory not allowing traversal. If using Linux, another workaround is to run micronaut in chroot.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 16, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated