CVE-2023-35887
MediumCVSS 5.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk58th percentile - higher than 58% of all known CVEs
Summary
CVE-2023-35887 vulnerability in Apache MINA exposes sensitive information to unauthorized actors. Logged users on SFTP servers may discover 'exists/does not exist' information about items outside the rooted tree using parent navigation or symlinks.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may be at risk of sensitive data exposure, potentially leading to further attacks or privacy breaches. Specifically, unauthorized users could gain access to information that should be protected.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade to Apache MINA version 2.10 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, review the SFTP server configuration to restrict access to sensitive data.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache MINA
See all- CVE-2026-94301Critical
The fix for CVE-2026-47065/ZDRES-232 ("resolveProxyClass Not Overridden - acceptMatchers Filter Bypass via java.lang.reflect.Proxy"), released on 2026-06-02 and announced as "Fully addressed" in MINA 2.2.8, 2.1.13 and 2.0.29, was committed to the 2.2.X branch only. The 2.0.X and 2.1.X maintenance branches never received the resolveProxyClass() override, so the 2.0.29 and 2.1.13 artifacts listed as fixed -- and every later release on those lines, up to and including the current 2.0.30 and 2.1.14 -- remain vulnerable to the exact allow-list bypass that CVE-2026-47065 was meant to close.
- CVE-2026-42779Critical
Apache MINA versions 2.1.0 to 2.1.11 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to a lack of class verification in the AbstractIoBuffer.resolveClass() method. The fix was introduced in versions 2.1.12 and 2.2.7.
- CVE-2026-42778Critical
The fix for CVE-2026-41409 was not applied to the 2.1.X and 2.2.X branches of Apache MINA. The issue concerns an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-52046, where the classname allowlist for deserialization was applied too late.
- CVE-2026-47321High
The CompressionFilter class in Apache MINA uses ZLib to deflate and inflate data, but does not control the resulting buffer size during decompression. Maliciously compressed data with a very high compression ratio can exhaust application memory. The fix introduces limits on the maximum decompressed size and compression ratio.
Original NVD description (English source)
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA. In SFTP servers implemented using Apache MINA SSHD that use a RootedFileSystem, logged users may be able to discover "exists/does not exist" information about items outside the rooted tree via paths including parent navigation ("..") beyond the root, or involving symlinks. This issue affects Apache MINA: from 1.0 before 2.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.10