Apache Solr: Configset upload on Windows allows arbitrary path write-access
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Solr. Solr instances running on Windows are vulnerable to arbitrary filepath write-access, due to a lack of input-sanitation in the "configset upload" API. Commonly known as a "zipslip", maliciously constructed ZIP files can use relative filepaths to write data to unanticipated parts of the filesystem. This issue affects Apache Solr: from 6.6 through 9.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.8.0, which fixes the issue. Users unable to upgrade may also safely prevent the issue by using Solr's "Rule-Based Authentication Plugin" to restrict access to the configset upload API, so that it can only be accessed by a trusted set of administrators/users.
- Published
- Jan 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 45.0% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-23
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Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 13 / 30 · 45.0%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | solr | cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache solr6.6.0 and later · before 9.8.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apache Software Foundation Apache Solr
- 6.6 and later · up to and including 9.7.0affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.solr:solr-core | from 6.6 · before 9.8.0 | 9.8.0 |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-17558Apache Solr 5.0.0 to Apache Solr 8.3.1 are vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution through the VelocityResponseWriter.KEV90Now
- CVE-2019-0193In Apache Solr, the DataImportHandler, an optional but popular module to pull in data from databases and other sources, has a feature in whiKEV83Now
- CVE-2024-45216Apache Solr: Authentication bypass possible using a fake URL Path ending67This week
- CVE-2021-27905SSRF vulnerability with the Replication handler67This week
- CVE-2017-12629Remote code execution occurs in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 by exploiting XXE in conjunction with use of a Config A67This week
- CVE-2020-13957Apache Solr versions 6.6.0 to 6.6.6, 7.0.0 to 7.7.3 and 8.0.0 to 8.6.2 prevents some features considered dangerous (which could be used for 63This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Solr | 9.8.0 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| Maven:org.apache.solr:solr-core | 9.8.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2024-45216103 days apartApache Solr: Authentication bypass possible using a fake URL Path ending67This week
- CVE-2025-248140 days apartApache Solr: Core-creation with "trusted" configset can use arbitrary untrusted files22Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-23 · Relative Path TraversalCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.apache.org/thread/yp39pgbv4vf1746pf5yblz84lv30vfxd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/26/2
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.