RDF4J vulnerable to zip slip

HIGH 7.5CVE-2018-20227 · GHSA-x3cr-x949-h5jv · Published 19/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-20227 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.eclipse.rdf4j:rdf4j, rdf4j (eclipse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.eclipse.rdf4j:rdf4j Maven	`< 2.5.0`	`2.5.0`
rdf4j eclipse	`< 2.5.0`	`2.5.0`

RDF4J prior to 2.5.0 allows Directory Traversal via ../ in an entry in a ZIP archive.

NVD description

RDF4J 2.4.2 allows Directory Traversal via ../ in an entry in a ZIP archive.

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