01 Record
CVE-2018-9159
In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-31 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 07:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9c85ad77b01bfd2cda50b26c50099a5c368f57cbd398ff72fccb01d3b670be64
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/perwendel/spark/issues/981
- github.comhttps://github.com/perwendel/spark/commit/a221a864db28eb736d36041df2fa6eb8839fc5cd
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2020https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2020
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2405https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2405
- github.comhttps://github.com/perwendel/spark/commit/ce9e11517eca69e58ed4378d1e47a02bd06863cc
- sparkjava.comhttp://sparkjava.com/news#spark-272-released
- github.comhttps://github.com/perwendel/spark/commit/030e9d00125cbd1ad759668f85488aba1019c668