title: Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1
description: Fix of CVE-2021-40525 do not prepend delimiters upon valid directory validations. Affected implementations include: - maildir mailbox store - Sieve file repository This enables a user to access other users data stores (limited to user names being prefixed by the value of the username being used).
problem types: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
affected:
{
product: Apache James
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
status: affected, version: Apache James 3.6.1
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'other': 'moderate'}
type: unknown
]
workarounds: This had been fixed in Apache James 3.6.2.