CVE-2025-52451 Path traversal in Tableau Server
An attacker can exploit improper input validation in the file upload API to perform absolute path traversal, potentially reading arbitrary files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52451?
CVE-2025-52451 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server, published on 22 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server on Windows, Linux (tabdoc 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-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52451?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tableau Tableau Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52451?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52451 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-2025-52451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Salesforce Tableau Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wh5c-wfpr-wpfp.