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Eclipse SW360 EUVDEUVD-2026-67130

| CVE-2026-79653 MEDIUM
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-08-27 eclipse
6.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: eclipse
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privilege SW360 account
  2. Delivery
    Enable or identify filesystem storage configuration
  3. Exploit
    Craft attachment filename with traversal sequence (e.g., ../../../../etc/cron.d/evil)
  4. Execution
    Submit multipart upload to SW360 attachment endpoint
  5. Persist
    Server writes attacker content to arbitrary OS filesystem path
  6. Impact
    Overwrite sensitive file to achieve privilege escalation or persistence

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.

Exploitation Conditions

Two conditions must be simultaneously satisfied: (1) The SW360 instance must have the enable.attachment.store.to.file.system configuration key explicitly enabled - this is an opt-in, non-default setting; deployments using database-backed attachment storage (the default) are completely unaffected. (2) The attacker must hold a valid, low-privilege SW360 user account with attachment upload capability, as confirmed by PR:L in the CVSS 4.0 vector - unauthenticated exploitation is not supported. Exploitation is further bounded by the OS-level file permissions of the account running SW360; paths writable only by root would require the application to run as a privileged user. What limits exploitation: the non-default filesystem storage configuration dramatically narrows the attack surface to a subset of SW360 deployments; authentication prevents anonymous exploitation.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L) accurately characterizes the risk profile. AT:P (attack requirements present) encodes the critical limiting factor: the enable.attachment.store.to.file.system feature must be explicitly enabled, making this a non-default, opt-in configuration. PR:L confirms that exploitation requires an authenticated, low-privilege SW360 account - unauthenticated exploitation is not supported by the available data. VI:H reflects the ability to write arbitrary content to any filesystem path accessible to the SW360 process account, which could include OS-level files enabling privilege escalation. VC:N indicates no direct confidentiality leak from the traversal primitive itself, though indirect disclosure via overwritten configs is possible. No KEV listing and no public exploit code exist at time of analysis, substantially reducing near-term threat urgency. The realistic priority is moderate-to-high for organizations running filesystem storage mode with untrusted authenticated users; organizations using default database-backed storage are entirely unaffected and need not act urgently.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated SW360 user with attachment upload rights submits a multipart HTTP upload request with a crafted filename such as ../../../../etc/cron.d/malicious_job targeting a deployment with enable.attachment.store.to.file.system enabled. The server resolves the filename against the attachment directory without sanitization and writes attacker-controlled file content to /etc/cron.d/malicious_job, enabling scheduled command execution as the OS user running SW360. No public exploit code has been identified.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 27, 2026

Path traversal in Eclipse SW360's optional filesystem attachment store allows authenticated low-privilege users to write files to arbitrary paths on the host operating system by crafting malicious filenames during attachment upload. Affected versions span 19.0.0 through 20.1.0 exclusively when the non-default enable.attachment.store.to.file.system configuration key is active. The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.0 (AT:P, PR:L, VI:H) reflects meaningful integrity impact gated behind a specific configuration requirement; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Eclipse SW360 20.0.1 or 20.1.1, which incorporate the path traversal fix via GitHub PRs #4516 (https://github.com/eclipse-sw360/sw360/pull/4516), #4517, and #4518. For the 19.x branch, consult the Eclipse vulnerability report at https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/765 for the confirmed fix version, as a specific 19.x release is not independently confirmed in the available data. The vendor-documented immediate workaround is to disable the enable.attachment.store.to.file.system configuration key, which reverts attachment storage to database mode and fully eliminates the attack surface; the trade-off is the loss of filesystem-backed attachment persistence until an upgrade can be applied. No other compensating controls are documented in the available references.

Affected VersionsENISA

Eclipse SW360 20.0.0 <20.0.1
Eclipse SW360 20.1.0 <20.1.1
Eclipse SW360 19.0.0 ≤19.2.0

Affected Packages

euvd eclipse_sw360 fix: 20.0.1, 20.1.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Eclipse SW360 (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:eclipse_foundation:eclipse_sw360) is an open-source software component management portal maintained by the Eclipse Foundation, used primarily for tracking open-source license and security obligations. When configured with enable.attachment.store.to.file.system, attachments are persisted directly to the server's local filesystem rather than a database. The root cause (CWE-22: Path Traversal) is in DatabaseHandlerUtil.java's prepareFileHandlerRunnable method, which resolved user-supplied filenames against the attachment store directory without stripping traversal sequences (e.g., ../../../../etc/cron.d/evil). The fix applied in PRs #4516-4518 introduces two complementary defenses: (1) a CommonUtils.sanitizeFilename() call that strips path separators before the name is used, and (2) a defense-in-depth boundary check using Java's Path.normalize().startsWith() to abort any write whose resolved path escapes the designated store directory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (eclipse) PRIMARY 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 7.1 HIGH

AC:H captures the non-default filesystem storage configuration prerequisite; S:C reflects that successful traversal writes outside the application boundary to the host OS filesystem.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (eclipse).

CVSS VectorVendor: eclipse

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
Low
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Aug 27, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

In Eclipse SW360 versions 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 19.2.0, 20.0.0, 20.1.0, if the system is configured to use file system storage with config key enable.attachment.store.to.file.system, the attacker can manipulate the filename upon upload and can essentially cause arbitrary file path traversal.

The immediate workaround is to disable enable.attachment.store.to.file.system or update to fixed versions.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche open-source OSS component management portal, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.

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