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CVE-2025-50151VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-50151: Apache Jena · CWE-20

Affects Apache JenaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade to 5.5.0 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 64% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.5.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade org.apache.jena/jena-core to 5.5.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mavenorg.apache.jena/jena-corepkg:maven/org.apache.jena/jena-coreOther threatsAffected
  • <5.5.0
Fixed in
  • 5.5.0

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AI-suggested

1. Upgrade Apache Jena to version 5.5.0 or later immediately to ensure the vulnerability is patched. 2. Restrict administrator access to trusted personnel only and enforce strong authentication mechanisms such as multi-factor authentication (MFA). 3. Implement strict access controls and audit logging for configuration file uploads and changes to detect unauthorized activities. 4. Conduct regular security reviews and vulnerability assessments of semantic web applications using Apache Jena. 5. Use network segmentation to isolate critical semantic web infrastructure from less trusted networks. 6. Monitor for unusual configuration changes or file uploads that could indicate exploitation attempts. 7. Educate administrators on secure configuration management practices and the risks of arbitrary file uploads. 8. If upgrading immediately is not possible, consider disabling configuration file upload features or applying custom validation as a temporary workaround.

Description

File access paths in configuration files uploaded by users with administrator access are not validated. This issue affects Apache Jena version up to 5.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.5.0, which does not allow arbitrary configuration upload.

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