CVE-2025-14306

Critical

Published: 09 December 2025

Published

09 December 2025

Modified

28 January 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0064 70.9th percentile

Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-14306 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Robocode Robocode. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 29.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Requires validation and sanitization of file path inputs to the recursivelyDelete method, directly preventing directory traversal exploitation.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates timely flaw remediation by applying patches such as commit 26b6ba8ed5b2a11a646ce2d5da8d42cd53574b1f to fix the path sanitization issue.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

prevent

Enforces least privilege on the CacheCleaner component, restricting its ability to delete arbitrary files outside intended directories.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth

Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

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Why these techniques?

The CVE describes a network-accessible (AV:N/PR:N), unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability allowing arbitrary file deletion, directly enabling T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) for exploitation and T1107 (File Deletion) for impact on integrity and availability.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the CacheCleaner component of Robocode version 1.9.3.6. The recursivelyDelete method fails to properly sanitize file paths, allowing attackers to traverse directories and delete arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability can be exploited by…

submitting specially crafted inputs that manipulate the file path, leading to potential unauthorized file deletions. https://robo-code.blogspot.com/

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-14306 is a directory traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in the CacheCleaner component of Robocode version 1.9.3.6. The recursivelyDelete method fails to properly sanitize file paths, allowing attackers to traverse directories and delete arbitrary files on the system. Published on 2025-12-09, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

An unauthenticated attacker (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N) by submitting specially crafted inputs that manipulate the file path. Successful exploitation leads to unauthorized deletion of arbitrary files, causing high impacts to integrity (I:H) and availability (A:H) with no confidentiality impact (C:N).

Mitigation is provided via patches in the robo-code/robocode GitHub repository, including pull request #67 and commit 26b6ba8ed5b2a11a646ce2d5da8d42cd53574b1f. Security practitioners should update to versions incorporating these fixes and review the project blog at https://robo-code.blogspot.com/ for additional details.