JetBrains TeamCity up to 2025.03.3 on Windows Plugin Unpacking path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains TeamCity on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Plugin Unpacking. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-54531. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in JetBrains TeamCity on Windows. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Plugin Unpacking. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.07 path traversal was possible via plugin unpacking on Windows

The advisory is available at jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54531 since 07/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243181 (JetBrains TeamCity < 2025.07 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2025.07 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (243181) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-22923). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.7
CNA Vector (JetBrains): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 243181
Nessus Name: JetBrains TeamCity < 2025.07 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: TeamCity 2025.07

Timelineinfo

07/24/2025 CVE reserved
07/28/2025 +4 days Advisory disclosed
07/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/01/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jetbrains.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54531 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317946
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2025 19:35
Updated: 08/01/2025 06:22
Changes: 07/28/2025 19:35 (65), 07/29/2025 08:03 (1), 07/31/2025 07:30 (2), 08/01/2025 06:22 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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