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title: "CVE-2025-55017: Apache IoTDB has a Path Traversal vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-55017/
description: "CVE-2025-55017 (org.apache.iotdb:iotdb-server (Maven)): Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-06-26
date_modified: 2026-11-03
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-55017"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00537
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-55017: Apache IoTDB has a Path Traversal vulnerability

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.5% , percentile 45: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.apache.iotdb:iotdb-server (Maven) >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6, fixed in 2.0.6 ; org.apache.iotdb:iotdb-server (Maven) >= 1.0.0, < 1.3.6, fixed in 1.3.6 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 2.0.0 before 2.0.6, from 1.0.0 before 1.3.6. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.6 and 2.0.6, which fixes the issue.

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.apache.iotdb:iotdb-server` >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6 → fixed: 2.0.6
- Maven `org.apache.iotdb:iotdb-server` >= 1.0.0, < 1.3.6 → fixed: 1.3.6

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Apache Software Foundation Apache IoTDB: 2.0.0 < 2.0.6, 1.0.0 < 1.3.6

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-11-05): 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 45.

## Sources

- [lists.apache.org](https://lists.apache.org/thread/lk08wlxq9sp64mo8hw6wvjxd3bh3lpqg)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-xrvj-h9w2-3q69](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrvj-h9w2-3q69)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-55017](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55017)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-55017](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55017)
- [openwall.com](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/09/2)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/pull/16097)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/pull/16098)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/commit/6c27518610776be16dc998403918e978968a7325)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/commit/9a15b5d13f5b19f13ddb46b799567fbabcb0e541)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/releases/tag/v1.3.6)
- [github.com](https://github.com/apache/iotdb/releases/tag/v2.0.6)

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