CVE-2026-23907

Description

This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example inApache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6.The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path.Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.053

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-23907 are fixed in Apache - pdfbox-examples 3.0.7	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-23907 are fixed in Apache - pdfbox-examples for Linux 3.0.7	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234