# CVE-2023-30970: Gotham table and Forward App Path traversal

> An authenticated user can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in Gotham Table and Forward App to read arbitrary files on the server file system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h994-99h2-49qc

## What is CVE-2023-30970?

CVE-2023-30970 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in com.palantir.gotham:blackbird-witchcraft, published on 29 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Gotham Table service and Forward App were found to be vulnerable to a Path traversal issue allowing an authenticated user to read arbitrary files on the file system.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30970?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Palantir Gotham Blackbird-Witchcraft, Palantir Gotham Static-Assets-Servlet.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-30970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-30970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-30970 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-30970 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in com.palantir.gotham:blackbird-witchcraft, published on 29 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: com.palantir.gotham:blackbird-witchcraft. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30970/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30970/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30970
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30970
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30970

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30970/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.