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Message-ID: <6167946a-2516-e021-45a8-f903b72d4508@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:30:23 +0000
From: "Gary D. Gregory" <ggregory@...che.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2025-30474: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file
 can reveal the URI's password in an error message 

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache Commons VFS before 2.10.0

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.

This issue is being tracked as VFS-169 

Credit:

Marek Ĺ unda (finder)

References:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-169
https://commons.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30474
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-169

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