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CVE-2018-18809 — TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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HIGH severity🔴 Actively Exploited · CISA KEV

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Overview

TIBCO JasperReports Library contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may allow web server users to access contents of the host system.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID: CVE-2018-18809
Vulnerability: TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor: TIBCO
Affected products: TIBCO: JasperReports
Severity: HIGH
Exploitation status: Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
Published: 2022-12-29

Remediation guidance

CVE-2018-18809 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for TIBCO the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

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