CVE-2018-18809
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
Published 7 Mar 2019 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 29 Dec 2022, with a remediation deadline of 19 Jan 2023 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
The default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories · Vendor Advisory
- cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809 · Vendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809 · US Government Resource