Red Hat Security Advisory: apache-commons-vfs security update
A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-27553) was identified in Apache Commons VFS when using NameScope.DESCENDENT. Commons VFS provides a unified API to access various file systems and supports multiple file system types. This vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to files outside the intended scope. Red Hat has issued a security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this issue. The severity is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
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Technical Summary
Apache Commons VFS, a library offering a consistent API for accessing different file systems, has a possible path traversal vulnerability when using the NameScope.DESCENDENT feature. This vulnerability (CVE-2025-27553) could allow an attacker to access files outside the intended directory scope. Red Hat released a security advisory (RHSA-2025:10548) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to fix this issue. The advisory classifies the security impact as moderate. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update addresses the issue by patching the apache-commons-vfs package to prevent the path traversal condition.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows potential path traversal attacks via the NameScope.DESCENDENT feature in Apache Commons VFS, which could lead to unauthorized file access beyond intended directories. This could compromise confidentiality of files accessible to the vulnerable system. Red Hat rates the impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for apache-commons-vfs in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10548 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: apache-commons-vfs security update
Description
A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-27553) was identified in Apache Commons VFS when using NameScope.DESCENDENT. Commons VFS provides a unified API to access various file systems and supports multiple file system types. This vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to files outside the intended scope. Red Hat has issued a security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this issue. The severity is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
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Technical Analysis
Apache Commons VFS, a library offering a consistent API for accessing different file systems, has a possible path traversal vulnerability when using the NameScope.DESCENDENT feature. This vulnerability (CVE-2025-27553) could allow an attacker to access files outside the intended directory scope. Red Hat released a security advisory (RHSA-2025:10548) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to fix this issue. The advisory classifies the security impact as moderate. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update addresses the issue by patching the apache-commons-vfs package to prevent the path traversal condition.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows potential path traversal attacks via the NameScope.DESCENDENT feature in Apache Commons VFS, which could lead to unauthorized file access beyond intended directories. This could compromise confidentiality of files accessible to the vulnerable system. Red Hat rates the impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for apache-commons-vfs in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10548 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:10548
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a419cb927e9c79719abe715
Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:17 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:34:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 14
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