Upstream information

CVE-2026-78254 at MITRE

Description

The ftp and scp tasks of Apache Ant can download files from a remote server. A malicious server can provide relative paths that allow it to write outside of the dedicated target directory for the download, making it possible to overwrite files of the attacker's choice using the permissions of the user running Ant in versions prior to Ant 1.10.18.




In order to exploit this vulnerability, the server would either have to be malicious or be subject to a machine-in-the-middle attack. Additionally in the case of scp or the ftp task using ftps the server must pass the server identity checks performed by the tasks.




For ftp tasks not using ftps a malicious server could act as a machine-in-the-middle to provide malicious files.




Starting with Ant 1.10.18 both tasks will prevent writing outside of the destination directory by default. An option is available to disable this behavior in the unlikely case that the old behavior is required by existing build files.




Mitigations:




Users of scp and ftp (when using ftps) in any version of Ant should not bypass server identity checks. Users of ftp not using ftps should switch to ftps where possible.




All users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Ant 1.10.18, which fixes this issue.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) SUSE
Base Score 7.4 8.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 9.2
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1280015 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 ant Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 ant Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 ant Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ant Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 ant Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 ant Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 ant Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ant Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 ant Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 ant Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ant Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ant Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ant Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ant Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ant Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 ant Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 ant Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 ant Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 ant Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 10 21:04:02 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Sep 10 21:54:13 2026