# CVE-2025-67030: Directory Traversal vulnerability in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand in plexus-utils before 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d

- Also known as: GHSA-6FMV-XXPF-W3CW
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.3, 3.6.1
- Published: 2026-03-25 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (Maven): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.3
- org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (Maven): fixed in 3.6.1

## Description

Directory Traversal vulnerability in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand in plexus-utils before 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.3, 3.6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/pull/295
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/294
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/pull/296
- https://gist.github.com/weaver4VD/3216dac645220f8c9b488362f61241ec

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