MEDIUM6.5

GHSA-v45h-mqf4-6939

Apache Ignite REST API Has a Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability

Quick fix

GHSA-v45h-mqf4-6939 — org.apache.ignite:ignite-core: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>2.18.0</version> for org.apache.ignite:ignite-core

Details

Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Ignite REST API.

Authenticated REST API users can read any file on the server with "cmd=log" command and a log path crafted in a certain way. This issue affects Apache Ignite: from 2.0.0 through 2.17.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.18.0, which fixes the issue.

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Affected packages

Maven/org.apache.ignite:ignite-core

Introduced in: 2.0.0Fixed in: 2.18.0

Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>2.18.0</version> for org.apache.ignite:ignite-core

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48977[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/apache/ignite/commit/5c42c7a303937844179ad470edb35c1ad1cee6ab[WEB]
https://github.com/apache/ignite[PACKAGE]
https://lists.apache.org/thread/hgct6918sowd8l58yjohryhpxx81t4n1[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/28/3[WEB]