What is CVE-2018-20227?

CVE-2018-20227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Rdf4j, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-20227?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Eclipse Rdf4j

CVE-2018-20227

RDF4J 2.4.2 allows Directory Traversal via ../ in an entry in a ZIP archive.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eclipse Rdf4j

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/eclipse/rdf4j/pull/1211/commits/df15a4d7a8f2789c043b27c9eafe1b30316c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/eclipse/rdf4j/issues/1210 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20227?: CVE-2018-20227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Rdf4j, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-20227?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.