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TI-2026-36735 Aliases CVE-2026-49831GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5

DSpace: Curation Task Reporter output path is not restricted to trusted directories (Path Traversal Vulnerability)

Priority LOW 25CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. Prior to versions 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3, and 10.0, the Curation Task feature allows an output path to be used by the reporter (-r parameter), typically used to stream results and status of curation task operations. It is not restricted to any particular base path, meaning that any path writable by the DSpace (often 'tomcat') user is allowed. This constitutes a Path Traversal Vulnerability in the curate script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3, and 10.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00527 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed DSpace (DSpace): 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven): 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
DSpaceDSpacebefore 7.6.7; 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4; 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3; = 10-rc17.6.7, 8.4, 9.3Patch availableCNA
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)before 7.6.77.6.7Patch availableGHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)8.0-rc1 to before 8.48.4Patch availableGHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)9.0-rc1 to before 9.39.3Patch availableGHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)10-rc1 to before 10.010.0Patch availableGHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
  • DSpace VendorDSpace Affected before 7.6.7; 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4; 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3; = 10-rc1 Fixed in 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3 Patch available CNA
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 7.6.7 Fixed in 7.6.7 Patch available GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4 Fixed in 8.4 Patch available GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3 Fixed in 9.3 Patch available GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 10-rc1 to before 10.0 Fixed in 10.0 Patch available GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——DSpace
  • cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·DSpace

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA DSpace (DSpace) Fixed in 7.6.7, 8.4, 9.3
  • Fix · GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5 org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 7.6.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5 org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 8.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5 org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 9.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5 org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 10.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49831
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v66x-68f2-pxf5

References

Other 5

  • TI-2022-13234 Path traversal vulnerabilities in DSpace JSPUI submission upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-36736 DSpace: Remote Code Execution (RCE) possible in Velocity Templates used by LDN CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2022-13235 Path traversal vulnerability in Simple Archive Format package import in DSpace CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2019-04922 SPARQL Injection in VIVO Vitro v1.10.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-08766 The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-18028 Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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