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CVE-2026-97401 eclipse foundation eclipse kura: External Control of File Name or Path

7.4 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.4) in eclipse foundation eclipse kura. EPSS 0.6% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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In Kura versions <= 5.6.2, `CommandCloudApp.execute()` extracts a caller-supplied ZIP archive into a caller-supplied directory inside the Kura JVM process before dispatching the command to the executor service. On a packaged Kura installation the JVM runs as `kurad` with `CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE`, while the configurable "Unprivileged" executor drops to the `kura` user via `su`. A caller with permissions `rest.command` who is intentionally restricted to unprivileged command execution (`privileged.command.service.enable=false`, the default) can therefore set `workingDirectory` to `/` and use the ZIP body to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the device as `kurad`, completely bypassing the unprivileged sandbox the operator selected. The command service is disabled by default since Kura 4.0.0 [1]. The issue does not apply when the command service is disabled. [1] https://github.com/eclipse-kura/kura/blob/f9f969231892769a269876b23f19fa0e8173e3df/kura/distrib/RELEASE_NOTES.txt#L94

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.4 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.6% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 49th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CWEs
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
OWASP Top 10
A06:2025 Insecure Design
Published
Modified
Assigned by
eclipse (CNA)
NVD analysis
Deferred: the NVD does not plan to analyze it
Record from
the NVD, synced

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Affected

  • eclipse foundation:eclipse kura

Versions

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ProductAffected
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Kurafrom 0.7.0 through 5.6.2

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-58 Restful Privilege Elevation Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse Likelihood: High · Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation
  • CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-72 URL Encoding Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Likelihood: High · Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-73.

History

  1. The NVD deferred its analysis

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