# CVE-2024-31860: Apache Zeppelin: Path traversal vulnerability


- **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
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 6 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g64r-xf39-q4p5

## What is CVE-2024-31860?

CVE-2024-31860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, published on 9 Apr 2024. 

### Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin.

By adding relative path indicators(E.g ..), attackers can see the contents for any files in the filesystem that the server account can access. 
This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.9.0 before 0.11.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.0, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31860?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server` | Maven | From 0.9.0 | 0.11.0 |
| `org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server` | Maven | From 0.9.0 | 0.11.0 |

Products: Apache Zeppelin.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31860?

Upgrade org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server to 0.11.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-31860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Zeppelin

- [CVE-2024-31864](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31864/): Apache Zeppelin: Remote code execution by adding malicious JDBC connection string (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31866/): Apache Zeppelin: Interpreter download command does not escape malicious code injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10095/): bash command injection in spark interpreter (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1317/): Improper Authentication in Apache Zeppelin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12619/): Session Fixation in Apache Zeppelin (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-31860 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, published on 9 Apr 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server (Maven): affected from 0.9.0; fixed in 0.11.0
- org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-server (Maven): affected from 0.9.0; fixed in 0.11.0

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-2024-31860/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31860/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31860
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31860
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31860

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31860/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.