Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting org.codelibs.fess:fess package, versions [,14.19.2)
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 May 2025
- disclosed27 May 2025
- creditLim Sim Yee
Introduced: 27 May 2025
NewCVE-2025-48382 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.codelibs.fess:fess to version 14.19.2 or higher.
Overview
org.codelibs.fess:fess is an Enterprise Search Server. You can install and run Fess quickly on any platforms, which have Java runtime environment.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. Due to the createTempFile method in the class SystemHelper, which creates temporary files without explicitly setting restrictive permissions. That allowed an attacker to access sensitive data contained in temporary files.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by ensuring local access to Fess's environment is restricted to trusted users only.