TI-2016-07506 Aliases CVE-2016-9177 GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch

Directory traversal vulnerability in Spark 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary…

MEDIUM 41CWE-22Published 2016-11-04 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Spark 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05074 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial com.sparkjava:spark-core (Maven): 2.5.2Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	com.sparkjava:spark-core (Maven)	before 2.5.2	2.5.2	Patch available	GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
com.sparkjava:spark-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.2 Fixed in 2.5.2 Patch available GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sparkjava:spark::::::::	up to 2.5	Vulnerable	Sparkjava

cpe:2.3:a:sparkjava:spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5 Vulnerable ·Sparkjava

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch com.sparkjava:spark-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.5.2 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2017:0868 Released 2017-04-03 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat JBoss Fuse/A-MQ 6.3 R2 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3	Fixed	RHSA-2017:0868
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3	Fixed	RHSA-2017:0868

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9177
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch

References

Exploit 1

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/13

Patch 1

https://github.com/perwendel/spark/issues/700

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/perwendel/spark

TI-2018-06657 In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

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