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medium 5.0

CVE-2025-30474 json

Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message

published 2025-03-23 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-7320 , GHSA-3936-3gx6-49c4

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS.

The FtpFileObject class can throw an exception when a file is not found, revealing the original URI in its message, which may include a password. The fix is to mask the password in the exception message This issue affects Apache Commons VFS: before 2.10.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.commons:commons-vfs2 2.10.0
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons VFS 2.10.0
  • commons-vfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-30474

  • apache-commons-vfs2 openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.10.0-150200.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1022-1

  • apache-commons-vfs2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.10.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14929-1

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-2025-30474 updated cvss 7.5

apache-commons-vfs: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.commons:commons-vfs2
<2.10.0
2.10.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons VFS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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