CVE-2025-52450 Path traversal in Tableau Server

Medium 6.5 Published 22 Aug 2025 Updated 27 Aug 2025

An attacker can exploit absolute path traversal in Tableau Server's file upload API to read or modify files outside the restricted directory.

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-2025-52450?

CVE-2025-52450 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server, published on 22 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server on Windows, Linux (abdoc api - create-data-source-from-file-upload modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal.This issue affects Tableau Server: before 2025.1.3, before 2024.2.12, before 2023.3.19.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52450?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tableau Tableau Server.

How do I fix CVE-2025-52450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52450 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-2025-52450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-699j-c85p-xv8w.