CVE-2024-24569
`ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory` is vulnerable to partial-path traversal vulnerability
The Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit is a set of security APIs meant to help secure Java code. ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory is vulnerable to a partial-path traversal bypass. To be vulnerable to the bypass, the application must use toolkit version <=1.1.1, use ZipSecurity as a guard against path traversal, and have an exploit path. Although the control still protects attackers from escaping the application path into higher level directories (e.g., /etc/), it will allow "escaping" into sibling paths. For example, if your running path is /my/app/path you an attacker could navigate into /my/app/path-something-else. This vulnerability is patched in 1.1.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 5.4
`ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory` is vulnerable to partial-path traversal vulnerability
The Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit is a set of security APIs meant to help secure Java code. ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory is vulnerable to a partial-path traversal bypass. To be vulnerable to the bypass, the application must use toolkit version <=1.1.1, use ZipSecurity as a guard against path traversal, and have an exploit path. Although the control still protects attackers from escaping the application path into higher level directories (e.g., /etc/), it will allow "escaping" into sibling paths. For example, if your running path is /my/app/path you an attacker could navigate into /my/app/path-something-else. This vulnerability is patched in 1.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2024-24569- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-21976 5.4
The Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit is a set of security APIs meant to help secure Java code. ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory is vulnerable to a partial-path traversal bypass. To be vulnerable to the bypass, the application must use toolkit version <=1.1.1, use ZipSecurity as a guard against path traversal, and have an exploit path. Although the control still protects attackers from escaping the application path into higher level directories (e.g., /etc/), it will allow "escaping" into sibling paths. For example, if your running path is /my/app/path you an attacker could navigate into /my/app/path-something-else. This vulnerability is patched in 1.1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2024-21976- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 5.4
The Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit is a set of security APIs meant to help secure Java code. ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory is vulnerable to a partial-path traversal bypass. To be vulnerable to the bypass, the application must use toolkit version <=1.1.1, use ZipSecurity as a guard against path traversal, and have an exploit path. Although the control still protects attackers from escaping the application path into higher level directories (e.g., /etc/), it will allow "escaping" into sibling paths. For example, if your running path is /my/app/path you an attacker could navigate into /my/app/path-something-else. This vulnerability is patched in 1.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2024-24569- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 5.4
`ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory` is vulnerable to partial-path traversal vulnerability
The Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit is a set of security APIs meant to help secure Java code. ZipSecurity#isBelowCurrentDirectory is vulnerable to a partial-path traversal bypass. To be vulnerable to the bypass, the application must use toolkit version <=1.1.1, use ZipSecurity as a guard against path traversal, and have an exploit path. Although the control still protects attackers from escaping the application path into higher level directories (e.g., /etc/), it will allow "escaping" into sibling paths. For example, if your running path is /my/app/path you an attacker could navigate into /my/app/path-something-else. This vulnerability is patched in 1.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2024-24569- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-24569 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Pixee Java Code Security Toolkit, published February 1, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/pixee/java-security-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-qh4g-4m4w-jgv2
github.com/pixee/java-security-toolkit/commit/b885b03c9cfae53d62d239037f9654d973dd54d9
github.com/pixee/java-security-toolkit/blob/7c8e93e6fb2420fb6003c54a741e267c4f883bab/src/main/java/io/github/pixee/security/ZipSecurity.java
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/24xxx/CVE-2024-24569.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24569