Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libowasp-esapi-java (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed25 Apr 2022
Introduced: 25 Apr 2022
CVE-2022-23457 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:14.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libowasp-esapi-java package and not the libowasp-esapi-java package as distributed by Debian.
ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, the default implementation of Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean) may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one's own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23457
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014/
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html