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CVE-2018-18809 — TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS

9.9 CRITICAL

EPSS

93.91% (top 0.10%)

CWE

—

Published

2019-03-07T22:00:00.000Z

Last modified

2025-10-21T23:45:42.384Z

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

Added to KEV

2022-12-29

BOD 22-01 due

2023-01-19

Ransomware use

Unknown

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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Library	unspecified, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.21, 7.1.0, 7.2.0
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition	unspecified
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM	unspecified
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Server	unspecified, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 7.1.0
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition	unspecified, 7.1.0
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM	unspecified
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi	Tenancy — unspecified
TIBCO Software Inc.	TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-12-29. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

Published: 2019-03-07T22:00:00.000Z
Last modified: 2025-10-21T23:45:42.384Z
Added to CISA KEV: 2022-12-29
BOD 22-01 due: 2023-01-19

09References

www.tibco.com — http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
www.tibco.com — https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6…
www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351
seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17
packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html
security.elarlang.eu — https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.h…
cybersecurityworks.com — https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html

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