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TI-2026-36737 Aliases CVE-2026-49833GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x

DSpace: Path Traversal possible in LDN message generation

Priority LOW 25CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · Low
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. From versions 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4, 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3, and 10-rc1 to before 10.0, a path traversal vulnerability is possible via the COAR Notify / LDN service in DSpace. The attacker MUST already have DSpace administrator credentials in order to perform the attack. When reading a file input stream of an "inbound pattern" / "template", used to generate an LDN message, the LDN class does not check for path traversal or restrict the templates to a known base path. This could allow an untrusted file from elsewhere in the file system (e.g. an export log, a bitstream path, a temporary file) to be read and interpreted as an Apache Velocity template. This issue has been patched in versions 8.4, 9.3, and 10.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0037 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed DSpace (DSpace): 8.4, 9.3org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven): 8.4, 9.3, 10.0

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
DSpaceDSpace8.0-rc1 to before 8.4; 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3; = 10-rc18.4, 9.3Patch availableCNA
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)8.0-rc1 to before 8.48.4Patch availableGHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)9.0-rc1 to before 9.39.3Patch availableGHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x
—org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)10.0-rc1 to before 10.010.0Patch availableGHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x
  • DSpace VendorDSpace Affected 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4; 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3; = 10-rc1 Fixed in 8.4, 9.3 Patch available CNA
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4 Fixed in 8.4 Patch available GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3 Fixed in 9.3 Patch available GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x
  • org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 10.0-rc1 to before 10.0 Fixed in 10.0 Patch available GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x

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 8.4, 9.3
  • Fix · GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 8.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 9.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 10.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49833
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x

References

Other 4

  • 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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