# CVE-2025-23011: Fedora Repository archive extraction path traversal

> Authenticated attackers can upload crafted archives to extract executable JSP files, enabling remote code execution on unmaintained Fedora Repository instances.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **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:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2j4-x5h5-fmjm

## What is CVE-2025-23011?

CVE-2025-23011 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedora Repository, published on 23 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Fedora Repository 3.8.1 allows path traversal when extracting uploaded archives ("Zip Slip"). A remote, authenticated attacker can upload a specially crafted archive that will extract an arbitrary JSP file to a location that can be executed by an unauthenticated GET request. Fedora Repository 3.8.1 was released on 2015-06-11 and is no longer maintained. Migrate to a currently supported version (6.5.1 as of 2025-01-23).

Weakness: CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23011?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fedorarepository Fcrepo.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23011?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23011 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23011 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-23011 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedora Repository

- [CVE-2025-23012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23012/): Fedora Repository fedoraIntCallUser default credentials (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23011 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23011 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedora Repository, published on 23 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-23011 exists.

Affected product: Fedora Repository. 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-2025-23011/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23011/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23011
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23011
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23011

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23011/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.