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medium 6.5

CVE-2023-46749 json

Apache Shiro before 1.13.0 or 2.0.0-alpha-4, may be susceptible to a path traversal attack that results in an authentication bypass when used together with path rewriting

published 2024-01-15 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jc7h-c423-mpjc , EUVD-2024-0376

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Shiro before 1.13.0 or 2.0.0-alpha-4, may be susceptible to a path traversal attack that results in an authentication bypass when used together with path rewriting

Mitigation: Update to Apache Shiro 1.13.0+ or 2.0.0-alpha-4+, or ensure `blockSemicolon` is enabled (this is the default).

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.shiro:shiro-core 1.13.0, 2.0.0-alpha4
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Shiro 1.13.0, 2.0.0-alpha-4
  • shiro Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.2-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46749

  • shiro Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46749

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-46749 updated cvss 6.5

shiro: path traversal attack may lead to authentication bypass

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 shiro shiro
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “This flaw can be mitigated by making sure 'blockSemicolon' is enabled.”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.13.0
    fixed: vendor fix “This flaw can be mitigated by making sure 'blockSemicolon' is enabled.” RHSA-2024:3354
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 shiro shiro Red Hat build of Quarkus org.apache.shiro/shiro-core org.apache.shiro/shiro-core Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 shiro shiro Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 shiro-core shiro-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 shiro-core shiro-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack shiro-core shiro-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.shiro:shiro-core
<1.13.0
>=2.0.0alpha1, <2.0.0-alpha4
1.13.0
2.0.0-alpha4

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Shiro

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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