# CVE-2023-33544: hawtio 2.17.2 is vulnerable to Path Traversal.

- Also known as: GHSA-P223-C4W6-Q454
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-01 · Updated: 2025-01-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- io.hawt:project (Maven): through 2.17.2

## Description

hawtio 2.17.2 is vulnerable to Path Traversal. it is possible to input malicious zip files, which can result in the high-risk files after decompression being stored in any location, even leading to file overwrite.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, io.hawt:project, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/hawtio/hawtio/issues/2832

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