CVE-2026-49833

DSpace: Path Traversal possible in LDN message generation

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Sep 2, 2026
Updated
Sep 2, 2026
Reserved
Jun 1, 2026

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Description

DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. From versions 8.0-rc1 to before 8.4, 9.0-rc1 to before 9.3, and 10-rc1 to before 10.0, a path traversal vulnerability is possible via the COAR Notify / LDN service in DSpace. The attacker MUST already have DSpace administrator credentials in order to perform the attack. When reading a file input stream of an "inbound pattern" / "template", used to generate an LDN message, the LDN class does not check for path traversal or restrict the templates to a known base path. This could allow an untrusted file from elsewhere in the file system (e.g. an export log, a bitstream path, a temporary file) to be read and interpreted as an Apache Velocity template. This issue has been patched in versions 8.4, 9.3, and 10.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
DSpaceDSpace
  • >= 8.0-rc1, < 8.4Affected
  • >= 9.0-rc1, < 9.3Affected
  • = 10-rc1Affected

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