Back to CVE records
Medium 6.5HealthcarePublished Apr 13, 2021

CVE-2021-29425Possible limited path traversal vulnerabily in Apache Commons IO

Updated under an hour ago ()

Does this affect you?

It affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons IO and 59 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.55%, higher than 96% of scored CVEs. That is high: schedule it on your emergency patch path.

In Apache Commons IO before 2.7, When invoking the method FileNameUtils.normalize with an improper input string, like "//../foo", or "\\..\foo", the result would be the same value, thus possibly providing access to files in the parent directory, but not further above (thus "limited" path traversal), if the calling code would use the result to construct a path value.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
10.55% (percentile 96)
Assigned by
apache
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons IO
apache_software_foundation:apache_commons_io (from the name)
Apache Commons IO 2.2; Apache Commons IO 2.3; Apache Commons IO 2.4; Apache Commons IO 2.5; Apache Commons IO 2.6
CNA record
apache commons_io
apache:commons_io
2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6
NVD
debian debian_linux
debian:debian_linux
9.0
NVD
oracle access_manager
oracle:access_manager
11.1.2.3.0; 12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0
NVD
oracle agile_engineering_data_management
oracle:agile_engineering_data_management
6.2.1.0
NVD
oracle agile_product_lifecycle_management
oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management
9.3.6
NVD
oracle application_performance_management
oracle:application_performance_management
13.4.1.0; 13.5.1.0
NVD
oracle application_testing_suite
oracle:application_testing_suite
13.3.0.1
NVD
oracle banking_apis
oracle:banking_apis
18.1; 18.2; 18.3; 19.1; 19.2; 20.1; 21.1
NVD
oracle banking_digital_experience
oracle:banking_digital_experience
17.2; 18.1; 18.3; 19.1; 19.2; 20.1; 21.1
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Your cookie choices
We use essential cookies to run this site, and, only with your consent, an advertising cookie from Google to measure whether our ads lead to sign-ups and subscriptions. See our for details.