Mule Runtime
CVE-2019-15630
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Directory Traversal in APIkit, HTTP connector, and OAuth2 Provider components in MuleSoft Mule Runtime 3.2.0 and higher released before August 1 2019, MuleSoft Mule Runtime 4.1.0 and higher released. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. Directory Traversal in APIkit, HTTP connector, and OAuth2 Provider components in MuleSoft Mule Runtime 3.2.0 and higher released before August 1 2019, MuleSoft Mule Runtime 4.1.0 and higher released before August 1 2019, and all versions of MuleSoft API Gateway released before August 1 2019 allow remote attackers to read files accessible to the Mule process. Affected products include: Mulesoft Api Gateway, Mulesoft Mule Runtime.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Directory Traversal in APIkit, HTTP connector, and OAuth2 Provider components in MuleSoft Mule Runtime 3.2.0 and higher released before August 1 2019, MuleSoft Mule Runtime 4.1.0 and higher released before August 1 2019, and all versions of MuleSoft API Gateway released before August 1 2019 allow remote attackers to read files accessible to the Mule process.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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