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CVE-2023-35801

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in Safe Software FME Server before 2022.2.5 allows an attacker to bypass validation when editing a network-based resource connection, resulting in the unauthorized reading and writing of arbitrary files. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to have access to a user account with write privileges. FME Flow 2023.0 is also a fixed version.

Affected products

• Safe Fme Server: before 2022.2.5 — fixed in 2022.2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Safe Fme Server 2022.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.safe.com/s/
• https://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Flow-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability
• https://downloads.safe.com/fme/2023/whatsnew_server_2023_0_0_3.txt
• https://community.safe.com/s/
• https://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Flow-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability
• https://downloads.safe.com/fme/2023/whatsnew_server_2023_0_0_3.txt

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