CVE-2022-23457: Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API
(updated )
The default implementation of Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean) may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the ‘input’ path.
References
- github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy
- github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API.md
- github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt
- github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/a0d67b75593878b1b6e39e2acc1773b3effedb2a
- github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23457
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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