How severe is CVE-2025-0851?

CVE-2025-0851 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 9.8, rated critical severity. It is exploitable over network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is high, integrity high, and availability high.

Is CVE-2025-0851 being actively exploited?

It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 23% (98th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-0851?

Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround. Given its critical severity, prioritise patching exposed systems.

Does CVE-2025-0851 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?

Yes. CVE-2025-0851 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-0175.

When was CVE-2025-0851 published?

CVE-2025-0851 was published on 2025-01-29 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

CVE-2025-0851

CVE-2025-0851 is a critical-severity vulnerability with a CVSS 3.x base score of 9.8. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score of 23% places it in the 98th percentile, indicating an elevated likelihood of exploitation. The underlying weakness is classified as CWE-36.

Key facts

Severity: Critical (CVSS 3.x base score 9.8)
CVSS v4: 9.3
EPSS exploit prediction: 23% (98th percentile)
Actively exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
EU (EUVD) id: EUVD-2025-0175
Weakness: CWE-36
Published: 2025-01-29
Last modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0851?: 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.
How severe is CVE-2025-0851?: CVE-2025-0851 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 9.8, rated critical severity. It is exploitable over network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is high, integrity high, and availability high.
Is CVE-2025-0851 being actively exploited?: It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 23% (98th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0851?: Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround. Given its critical severity, prioritise patching exposed systems.
Does CVE-2025-0851 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?: Yes. CVE-2025-0851 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-0175.
When was CVE-2025-0851 published?: CVE-2025-0851 was published on 2025-01-29 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

References

Other CWE-36 vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-3765 — Critical (CVSS 10.0): Absolute Path Traversal in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.5.0.
CVE-2025-34392 — Critical (CVSS 9.8): Barracuda Service Center, as implemented in the RMM solution, in versions prior to 2025.1.1, does not verify the URL…
CVE-2024-13161 — Critical (CVSS 9.8): Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security…
CVE-2024-13160 — Critical (CVSS 9.8): Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security…
CVE-2024-13159 — Critical (CVSS 9.8): Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security…
CVE-2024-9924 — Critical (CVSS 9.8): The fix for CVE-2024-26261 was incomplete, and and the specific package for OAKlouds from Hgiga remains at risk.…

Browse all CWE-36 vulnerabilities →