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CVE-2018-17605 Asset-pipeline

Affected softwareAsset-pipeline
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in3.0.4
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published28 Sep 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Asset Pipeline plugin before 3.0.4 for Grails. An attacker can perform directory traversal via a crafted request when a servlet-based application is executed in Jetty, because there is a classloader vulnerability that can allow a reverse file traversal route in AssetPipelineFilter.groovy or AssetPipelineFilterCore.groovy.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.
Candidate fix https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017 : a commit: the change itself

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17605

Upgrade Asset-pipeline to 3.0.4 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline 0 3.0.4 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd asset pipeline project asset-pipeline generic < 3.0.4
osv org.grails.plugins asset-pipeline generic < 3.0.4

References

URLTags
https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017 commit
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068 WEB

Timeline

Published2018-09-28By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.