CVE-2025-0851: Path traversal issue in Deep Java Library

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-36

Description

A path traversal issue in ZipUtils.unzip and TarUtils.untar in Deep Java Library (DJL) on all platforms allows a bad actor to write files to arbitrary locations.

Affected products

AWS DeepJavaLibrary: from 0.1.0 before 0.31.1 — fixed in 0.31.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AWS DeepJavaLibrary 0.31.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-003/
https://github.com/deepjavalibrary/djl/releases/tag/v0.31.1
https://github.com/deepjavalibrary/djl/security/advisories/GHSA-jcrp-x7w3-ffmg

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