Path traversal in Apache Tapestry
Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Tapestry processes assets `/assets/ctx` using classes chain `StaticFilesFilter -> AssetDispatcher -> ContextResource`, which doesn't filter the character `\`, so attacker can perform a path traversal attack to read any files on Windows platform.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03094 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core (Maven): 5.4.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Tapestry | Apache Tapestry 5.4.0 to 5.4.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core (Maven) | 5.4.0 to before 5.4.5 | 5.4.5 | Patch available | GHSA-89r3-rcpj-h7w6 |
- Apache Tapestry VendorApache Affected Apache Tapestry 5.4.0 to 5.4.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.4.0 to before 5.4.5 Fixed in 5.4.5 Patch available GHSA-89r3-rcpj-h7w6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-89r3-rcpj-h7w6 org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core (Maven) Fixed in 5.4.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-0207
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-89r3-rcpj-h7w6
References
Other 8
- [tapestry-users] 20190913 CVE-2019-0207: Apache Tapestry vulnerability disclosure
- [tapestry-users] 20191007 Re: CVE-2019-10071: Apache Tapestry vulnerability disclosure
- [tapestry-commits] 20200111 svn commit: r1055136 [2/2] - in /websites/production/tapestry/content: cache/main.pageCache component-rendering.html content-type-and-markup.html dom.html https.html request-processing.html response-compression.html security.html url-rewriting.html
- [tapestry-commits] 20200531 svn commit: r1061326 [4/4] - in /websites/production/tapestry/content: ./ cache/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/765be3606d865de513f6df9288842c3cf58b09a987c617a535f2b99d@%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bac8d6f9e1b4059b319d9cba6f33219a99b81623476ec896138f851c@%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7d9c54beb1dc97dcccc58d9b5d31f0f7166f9a25ad1beba5f8091e0c@%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87523dd07886223aa086edc25fe9b8ddb9c1090f7db25b068dc30843@%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E
More Apache Tapestry vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-09208 Bypass of the fix for CVE-2019-0195 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-00172 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tapestry CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-13279 Deserialization flaw in EOL Tapestry 4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-07397 Observable discrepancy in Apache Tapestry CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22909 Apache Tapestry prior to version 4 (EOL) allows RCE though deserialization of untrusted input CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-01541 Apache Tapestry before 5.3.6 relies on client-side object storage without checking… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-0207 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-0207 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-89r3-rcpj-h7w6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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