What is CVE-2024-31860?

CVE-2024-31860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-31860?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Apache Zeppelin

CVE-2024-31860

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin. By adding relative path indicators(E.g ..), attackers can see the contents for any files in the filesystem that the server account can access. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.9.0 before 0.11.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.0, which fixes the issue.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Zeppelin
Apache Software Foundation Zeppelin — versions 0.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/4632 (Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
lists.apache.org/thread/c0zfjnow3oc3dzc8w5rbkzj8lqj5jm5x (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31860?: CVE-2024-31860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-31860?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.