Medium

Apache Shiro vulnerable to path traversal

  • Disclosed: 15.01.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Apache Shiro before 1.130 or 2.0.0-alpha-4, may be susceptible to a path traversal attack that results in an authentication bypass when used together with path rewriting

Mitigation: Update to Apache Shiro 1.13.0+ or 2.0.0-alpha-4+, or ensure blockSemicolon is enabled (this is the default).

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.shiro:shiro-core < 1.13.0, >= 2.0.0alpha1, < 2.0.0-alpha4 1.13.0, 2.0.0-alpha4

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.shiro:shiro-core
Disclosed
15.01.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jc7h-c423-mpjc - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.shiro:shiro-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (12) in the archive
Total entries
12
First → latest
02.2020 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 6
  • High 3
  • Medium 2
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 4
  3. 2022: 3
  4. 2023: 0
  5. 2024: 1
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 3
Severity:
  1. High CVE-2026-49268 < 2.2.1, >= 3.0.0-alpha-0, < 3.0.0-alpha-2 2.2.1, 3.0.0-alpha-2
  2. Apache Shiro vulnerable to path traversal this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-46749 < 1.13.0, >= 2.0.0alpha1, < 2.0.0-alpha4 1.13.0, 2.0.0-alpha4
  3. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-40664 < 1.10.0 1.10.0
  4. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-32532 < 1.9.1 1.9.1
  5. Critical · 9.8 Exploited in attacks CVE-2016-4437 < 1.2.5 1.2.5
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2020-13933 < 1.6.0 1.6.0
  7. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-1957 < 1.5.2 1.5.2
  8. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-11989 < 1.5.3 1.5.3
  9. High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12422 < 1.4.2 1.4.2

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