How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-24961?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Review file handling controls.

CVE-2025-24961

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-24961?

CVE-2025-24961 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 6.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

MEDIUM

Path Traversal (CWE-22)

2025-02-03 security-advisories@github.com

Path Traversal

6.0

CVSS 4.0 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

6.0 MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:07 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 03, 2025 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.0

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

1 maven packages depend on org.gaul:s3proxy (1 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.6.0.

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

org.gaul S3Proxy implements the S3 API and proxies requests. Users of the filesystem and filesystem-nio2 storage backends could unintentionally expose local files to users. This issue has been addressed in version 2.6.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

AnalysisAI

org.gaul S3Proxy implements the S3 API and proxies requests. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. org.gaul S3Proxy implements the S3 API and proxies requests. Users of the filesystem and filesystem-nio2 storage backends could unintentionally expose local files to users. This issue has been addressed in version 2.6.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Version information: version 2.6.0..

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

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.