{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-91012", "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "apache", "dateReserved": "2026-09-14T16:27:00.736Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-29T08:34:11.409Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-29T09:15:41.656Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "shortName": "apache", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-29T08:34:11.409Z"}, "title": "Apache Karaf: Path Traversal in Config Service Allows Manager-to-Admin Privilege Escalation", "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "affected": [{"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "product": "Apache Karaf", "packageName": "org.apache.karaf.config.core.impl", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.4.12", "versionType": "semver"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "descriptions": [{"value": "org.apache.karaf.config.core.impl.ConfigRepositoryImpl#update(pid, properties),\nwhich backs the \"config\" MBean and the config:* shell commands, derives the file\nit writes a configuration to from caller-supplied input without checking that\nthe result stays inside\u00a0${karaf.etc}:\n\n * if the submitted property map contains a\u00a0felix.fileinstall.filename\u00a0entry, that value is turned directly into a\u00a0File\u00a0(getCfgFileFromProperty), so it can point to any absolute path the Karaf process can write to;\n * otherwise the configuration PID is concatenated verbatim into the target file name (generateConfigFilename(): new File(karaf.etc, pid + \".cfg\")), so a PID containing \"..\" segments resolves outside\u00a0${karaf.etc}.\u00a0createFactoryConfiguration()\u00a0has the same issue via the factory PID/alias.\n\n\nBoth code paths are reachable by any caller holding the \"manager\" role under Karaf's shipped command/JMX ACL (org.apache.karaf.command.acl.conf.cfg:\u00a0\"update = manager\"). Such a user can therefore write attacker-controlled content to any file the Karaf process can write, including files the same ACL otherwise reserves to \"admin\" (etc/users.properties,\u00a0etc/*.acl.*.cfg,\u00a0etc/org.apache.karaf.management.cfg, and similar), allowing a manager-role user to grant themselves the admin role or otherwise take over the container.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfigMBeanImpl.install()\u00a0and the\u00a0config:install\u00a0shell command already guarded the equivalent risk on their own code path with a\u00a0finalname.contains(\"..\")\u00a0string check, but that check does not stop absolute paths or symlink-based escapes, and it was never applied to\u00a0ConfigRepositoryImpl.update()\u00a0/\u00a0createFactoryConfiguration()\u00a0at all.", "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "<div><span>org.apache.karaf.config.core.impl.ConfigRepositoryImpl#update(pid, properties)</span>,\nwhich backs the \"config\" MBean and the config:* shell commands, derives the file\nit writes a configuration to from caller-supplied input without checking that\nthe result stays inside&nbsp;<code>${karaf.etc}</code>:</div><div><ul><li>if the submitted property map contains a&nbsp;<code>felix.fileinstall.filename</code>&nbsp;entry, that value is turned directly into a&nbsp;<code>File</code>&nbsp;(<code>getCfgFileFromProperty</code>), so it can point to any absolute path the Karaf process can write to;</li><li>otherwise the configuration PID is concatenated verbatim into the target file name (<code>generateConfigFilename(): new File(karaf.etc, pid + \".cfg\")</code>), so a PID containing \"..\" segments resolves outside&nbsp;<code>${karaf.etc}</code>.&nbsp;<code>createFactoryConfiguration()</code>&nbsp;has the same issue via the factory PID/alias.</li></ul><div>Both code paths are reachable by any caller holding the \"manager\" role under Karaf's shipped command/JMX ACL (<code>org.apache.karaf.command.acl.conf.cfg:</code>&nbsp;\"<code>update = manager</code>\"). Such a user can therefore write attacker-controlled content to any file the Karaf process can write, including files the same ACL otherwise reserves to \"<code>admin</code>\" (<code>etc/users.properties</code>,&nbsp;<code>etc/*.acl.*.cfg</code>,&nbsp;<code>etc/org.apache.karaf.management.cfg</code>, and similar), allowing a manager-role user to grant themselves the admin role or otherwise take over the container.</div></div><div><br></div><div><span>ConfigMBeanImpl.install()</span>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<code>config:install</code>&nbsp;shell command already guarded the equivalent risk on their own code path with a&nbsp;<code>finalname.contains(\"..\")</code>&nbsp;string check, but that check does not stop absolute paths or symlink-based escapes, and it was never applied to&nbsp;<code>ConfigRepositoryImpl.update()</code>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<code>createFactoryConfiguration()</code>&nbsp;at all.</div>"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/op8trtz1qxkdwj2rjozhd9yt2yd6nhw4", "tags": ["vendor-advisory"]}], "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "Textual description of severity", "content": {"text": "important"}}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "n0mi1k <nomilksec@gmail.com>", "type": "reporter"}], "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 1.0.3"}}, "adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/28/8"}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-29T09:15:41.656Z"}}]}}

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