# CVE-2026-23907: Apache PDFBox Examples: Path Traversal in PDFBox ExtractEmbeddedFiles Example Code

- Also known as: GHSA-JJWR-XMW6-GF78
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.0.7
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples: from 2.0.24, through 2.0.35; from 3.0.0, through 3.0.6
- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples (Maven): from 2.0.24, fixed in 3.0.7

## Description

This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the extraction path. Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/JoakimBulow/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gyfq5tcrxfv7rx0z2yyx4hb3h53ndffw
- https://github.com/JoakimBulow/CVE-2026-23907

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