CVE-2025-49830 Path traversal in conjur

High 7.1 Published 15 Jul 2025 Updated 4 Nov 2025

Authenticated attackers can exploit a YAML parser flaw to read arbitrary files on the server, enabling reconnaissance and data disclosure.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-49830?

CVE-2025-49830 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in cyberark conjur, published on 15 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Conjur provides secrets management and application identity for infrastructure. An authenticated attacker who is able to load policy can use the policy yaml parser to reference files on the Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted server. These references may be used as reconnaissance to better understand the folder structure of the Secrets Manager/Conjur server or to have the yaml parser include files on the server in the yaml that is processed as the policy loads. This issue affects Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) prior to versions 13.5.1 and 13.6.1 and Conjur OSS prior to version 1.22.1. Conjur OSS version 1.22.1 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted versions 13.5.1 and 13.6.1 fix the issue.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49830?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cyberark Conjur.

How do I fix CVE-2025-49830?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-49830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7m6h-fqrm-m9c5.