A directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-67030, CVSS 8.8 HIGH) in the `extractFile` method of Plexus-utils allows attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended target directory during archive extraction. The vulnerability affects codehaus-plexus plexus-utils versions prior to 3.6.1, and versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.2. Red Hat has rated this update as Important and users should upgrade to the fixed versions 3.6.1 or 4.0.3.
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:35991 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-07-06 Updated: 2026-07-06 RHSA-2026:35991 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: plexus-utils security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for plexus-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description The Plexus project seeks to create end-to-end developer tools for writing applications. At the core is the container, which can be embedded or for a full scale application server. There are many reusable components for hibernate, form processing, jndi, i18n, velocity, etc. Plexus also includes an application server which is like a J2EE application server, without all the baggage. Security Fix(es): org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils: Plexus-utils: Directory Traversal in extractFile method (CVE-2025-67030) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 x86_64 Fixes BZ - 2451409 - CVE-2025-67030 org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils: Plexus-utils: Directory Traversal in extractFile method CVEs CVE-2025-67030 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 x86_64 plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 s390x plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 ppc64le plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 aarch64 plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM x86_64 plexus-utils-javadoc-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7dabbf314814cc692f066a619355b24b4ce5ee350ebfbca62ef6d183cd562bc2 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM ppc64le plexus-utils-javadoc-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7dabbf314814cc692f066a619355b24b4ce5ee350ebfbca62ef6d183cd562bc2 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM s390x plexus-utils-javadoc-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7dabbf314814cc692f066a619355b24b4ce5ee350ebfbca62ef6d183cd562bc2 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 SRPM aarch64 plexus-utils-javadoc-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7dabbf314814cc692f066a619355b24b4ce5ee350ebfbca62ef6d183cd562bc2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 aarch64 plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 s390x plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 ppc64le plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 SRPM plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f712c9e95e35699a97534e7b0a028d097009f31fc0df6af029c8e3a5993ac126 x86_64 plexus-utils-3.5.1-8.el10_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a3eeb8ed0331391031b0dd67706f50fa9a7acb2a29bcf58d330f693654dcba23 The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . 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