What is CVE-2026-33929?

CVE-2026-33929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-33929?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Apache Pdfbox

CVE-2026-33929

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache PDFBox Examples. This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.36, from 3.0.0 through…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 (Patch, patch)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, Mailing List)
security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33929?: CVE-2026-33929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-33929?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.