PT-2026-24199 · Apache · Apache Pdfbox

Joakim Bülow · Published 2026-03-10 · Updated 2026-04-14 · CVE-2026-23907

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.24 through 2.0.36 Apache PDFBox versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.7

Description The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example within Apache PDFBox contains a path traversal issue. The filename obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path, potentially allowing unauthorized access or modification of files.

Recommendations For Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.24 through 2.0.36, review any production code that utilizes the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example to ensure the extraction path is acceptable. For Apache PDFBox versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.7, review any production code that utilizes the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example to ensure the extraction path is acceptable.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-23907

GHSA-JJWR-XMW6-GF78

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23907 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23907 · Security Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/gyfq5tcrxfv7rx0z2yyx4hb3h53ndffw · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jjwr-xmw6-gf78 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/pdfbox · Note
• https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/commit/b028eafdf101b58e4ee95430c3be25e3e3aa29d7 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/46997 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2031366654291014112 · Twitter Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/10/1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2043887762705674583 · Twitter Post