What is CVE-2026-23907?

CVE-2026-23907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-23907?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Apache Pdfbox

CVE-2026-23907

This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Pdfbox
Apache Software Foundation Pdfbox Examples — versions 2.0.24, 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security@apache.org (Not Applicable)
security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23907?: CVE-2026-23907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-23907?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.