CVEs / CVE-2018-18809

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

• Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 29 Dec 2022
• medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
• EPSS 79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
• Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

Summary

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

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.

Affected and fixed versions

Exploitation

Severity

References

• CVE-2018-18809 on NVD
• CVE-2018-18809 in the CISA KEV catalog
• https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809 (cited by CISA)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809 Vendor Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809 US Government Resource