VDB-353324 · CVE-2025-67030 · ID 294

Plexus Expand in plexus-utils org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plexus Expand in plexus-utils. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects the function org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-67030. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Plexus Expand in plexus-utils (version now known). Affected by this issue is the function org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory Traversal vulnerability in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand in plexus-utils before 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-67030 since 12/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 303763 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-67030), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (303763) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-209002). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Plexus

Name

Expand in plexus-utils

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 303763
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-67030

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642

Timelineinfo

12/08/2025 CVE reserved
03/25/2026 +107 days Advisory disclosed
03/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/01/2026 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 294
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-67030 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-67030
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353324
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2026 19:42
Updated: 04/01/2026 16:25
Changes: 03/25/2026 19:42 (56), 03/25/2026 20:46 (1), 03/26/2026 19:29 (2), 04/01/2026 11:59 (12), 04/01/2026 16:25 (11)
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