Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS. The FtpFileObject class can throw an exception when a file is not found, revealing the original URI in its message, which may include a password. The fix is to mask the password in the exception message This issue affects Apache Commons VFS: before 2.10.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/23/2
Issue Tracking, Patch related
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-169
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/w6ztgnbk6ccry3470x191g3xwrpgy6f4
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
apache/commons_vfs
< 2.10.0
org.apache.commons/commons-vfs2
0 - 2.10.0Maven
Published
Mar 23, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026