Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS before 2.10.0. The FileObject API in Commons VFS has a 'resolveFile' method that takes a 'scope' parameter. Specifying 'NameScope.DESCENDENT' promises that "an exception is thrown if the resolved file is not a descendent of the base file". However, when the path contains encoded ".." characters (for example, "%2E%2E/bar.txt"), it might return file objects that are not a descendent of the base file, without throwing an exception. This issue affects Apache Commons VFS: before 2.10.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS before 2.10.0. The FileObject API in Commons     VFS has a 'resolveFile' method that takes a 'scope' parameter. Specifying 'NameScope.DESCENDENT' promises     that an exception is thrown if the resolved file is not a descendent of the base file. However, when the     path contains encoded .. characters (for example, %2E%2E/bar.txt), it might return file objects that     are not a descendent of the base file, without throwing an exception. This issue affects Apache Commons     VFS: before 2.10.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue.
    (CVE-2025-27553)

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The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-10548 advisory.

    [2.0-11.0.1]
    - Simplify UriParser [Orabug: 38161936][CVE-2025-27553]

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10548 advisory.

    Commons VFS provides a single API for accessing various different file systems. It presents a uniform view     of the files from various different sources, such as the files on local disk, on an HTTP server, or inside     a Zip archive. Some of the features of Commons VFS are:
    * A single consistent API for accessing files of different      types.
    * Support for numerous file system types.
    * Caching of file information. Caches information in-JVM,      and optionally can cache remote file information on the      local file system.
    * Event delivery.
    * Support for logical file systems made up of files from      various different file systems.
    * Utilities for integrating Commons VFS into applications,      such as a VFS-aware ClassLoader and URLStreamHandlerFactory.
    * A set of VFS-enabled Ant tasks.

    Security Fix(es):

    * apache-commons-vfs: Apache Commons VFS: Possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT     (CVE-2025-27553)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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The version of apache-commons-vfs installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0-11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2842 advisory.

    Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS before 2.10.0.

    The FileObject API in Commons VFS has a 'resolveFile' method thattakes a 'scope' parameter. Specifying     'NameScope.DESCENDENT' promises that an exception is thrown if the resolved file is not a descendent     ofthe base file. However, when the path contains encoded ..characters (for example, %2E%2E/bar.txt),     it might return file objects that are nota descendent of the base file, without throwing an exception.This     issue affects Apache Commons VFS: before 2.10.0.

    Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2025-27553)

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The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4111 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4111-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Markus Koschany     April 02, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : commons-vfs     Version        : 2.1-2+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-27553     Debian Bug     : 1101204

    Arnout Engelen discovered a Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in     Commons VFS, a Java library that provides a single API for accessing     various different file systems. A local or remote attacker may use this     flaw to access files and directories outside of a root folder.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.1-2+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your commons-vfs packages.

    For the detailed security status of commons-vfs please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/commons-vfs

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1022-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-27553: Fixed possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT (bsc#1239973)
    - CVE-2025-30474: Fixed information disclosure due to failing to find an FTP file reveal the URI's     password in an error message (bsc#1239974)

    Other fixes:
    - Upgrade to upstream version 2.10.0

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Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
250517	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-27553	Nessus	Misc.	high
242645	Oracle Linux 7 : apache-commons-vfs (ELSA-2025-10548)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
241502	RHEL 7 : apache-commons-vfs (RHSA-2025:10548)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235027	Amazon Linux 2 : apache-commons-vfs (ALAS-2025-2842)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
233791	Debian dla-4111 : libcommons-vfs-java - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
233401	openSUSE 15 Security Update : apache-commons-vfs2 (SUSE-SU-2025:1022-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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