Upstream information
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache PDFBox Examples.This issue affects the
ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.36, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.7.
Users are recommended to update to version 2.0.37 or 3.0.8 once
available. Until then, they should apply the fix provided in GitHub PR
427.
The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contained a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) mentioned in CVE-2026-23907. However the change in the releases 2.0.36 and 3.0.7 is flawed because it doesn't consider the file path separator. Because of that, a user having writing rights on /home/ABC could be victim to a malicious PDF resulting in a write attempt to any path starting with /home/ABC, e.g. "/home/ABCDEF".
Users who have copied this example into their production code should apply the mentioned change. The example
has been changed accordingly and is available in the project repository.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | apache-pdfbox | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | apache-pdfbox | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | apache-pdfbox | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Apr 14 05:29:00 2026CVE page last modified: Tue Apr 14 13:57:00 2026