Path Traversal in OWASP Dependency-Check

HIGH 7.8CVE-2018-12036 · GHSA-hcwx-7q5v-vc67 · Published 07/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-12036 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting org.owasp:dependency-check-maven, dependency-check (owasp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.2.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.owasp:dependency-check-maven Maven	`< 3.2.0`	`3.2.0`
dependency-check owasp	`< 3.2.0`	`3.2.0`

OWASP Dependency-Check before 3.2.0 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive that holds directory traversal filenames.

NVD description

OWASP Dependency-Check before 3.2.0 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive that holds directory traversal filenames.

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