CVE-2025-49656
Published: 21 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49656 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Apache Jena. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-49656 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting Apache Jena up to version 5.4.0. The flaw resides in the Fuseki server component and allows users with administrator access to create database files outside the intended files area.
An attacker with administrator privileges can exploit the issue over the network to write files to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem, resulting in a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 that reflects high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction.
Public advisories from the Apache project and the OSS-Security mailing list state that the issue is resolved in Jena 5.5.0 and explicitly recommend upgrading to that version.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0104 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22076
Vulnerability details
Users with administrator access can create databases files outside the files area of the Fuseki server. This issue affects Apache Jena version up to 5.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.5.0, which fixes the issue.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.