title: Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks
description: Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.
problem types: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
affected:
{
product: Apache James
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 3.6.0, status: affected, version: Apache James, versionType: custom
}
workarounds: This could also be mitigated by ensuring manageSieve is disabled, which is the case by default.