Red Hat Security Advisory: maven:3.9 security update
Affects Red Hat mavenSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 02:31 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 25 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 1 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Mavenorg.apache.maven/mavenpkg:maven/org.apache.maven/mavenOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for Maven 3.9 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:38500) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Description
A directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-67030) exists in the extractFile method of the plexus-utils component used by Maven 3.9. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to write files outside the intended directory. Red Hat has issued a security update for Maven 3.9 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this issue.