# CVE-2018-11789: When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of the current container to access any file on the host.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Apache Incubator Heron: Apache Incubator Heron 0.13.0 to 0.17.8

## Description

When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of the current container to access any file on the host. Example woule be modifying the parameter path= to go to the directory you would like to view. i.e. ..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Apache Incubator Heron, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-11789

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5ea1a102d87a47c5912d745fa0d5dfa2830fc94099cbc30911f095b9%40%3Cdev.heron.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107430

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