CVE-2025-52452 Path traversal in Tableau Server

High 8.5 Published 25 Jul 2025 Updated 25 Jul 2025

An attacker can exploit absolute path traversal in the tabdoc API to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem.

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-2025-52452?

CVE-2025-52452 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server, published on 25 Jul 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 (tabdoc api - duplicate-data-source 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-2025-52452?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tableau Tableau Server.

How do I fix CVE-2025-52452?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52452 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-2025-52452 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2836-rjcm-28p3.