# CVE-2018-18809: TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2018-18809: TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 9.9 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-18809
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:42Z

- Published: 2019-03-07 22:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: tibco
- CVSS: 9.9 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 79.1%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-12-29, federal due date 2023-01-19, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

The default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Library
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Server
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy
- TIBCO Software Inc.: TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18809)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18809)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html)
- [https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html](https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html)
- [http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17](http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17)
- [https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html](https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html)
- [https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809](https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351)
- [http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories](http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories)

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