{"id":"CVE-2019-17572","aliases":["GHSA-5x3v-2gxr-59m2"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17572","summary":"Directory traversal in Apache RocketMQ","details":"In Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0, when the automatic topic creation in the broker is turned on by default, an evil topic like “../../../../topic2020” is sent from rocketmq-client to the broker, a topic folder will be created in the parent directory in brokers, which leads to a directory traversal vulnerability. Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following: Upgrade to Apache RocketMQ 4.6.1 or later.","published":"2020-05-14T17:15:11.977Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:30:58.575329362Z","cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.02985,"percentile":0.86224,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-broker","fixedVersion":"4.6.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/apache/rocketmq/commit/f8f6fbe4aa7f5dee937e688322628c366b12a552","label":"apache/rocketmq@f8f6fbe"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17572"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/rocketmq/issues/1637"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/rocketmq/commit/f8f6fbe4aa7f5dee937e688322628c366b12a552"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEROCKETMQ-569108"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-24T10:30:58.575329362Z"}}