CVE-2026-49832
Published:July 08, 2026
Updated:August 27, 2026
When chained with the LDN Path Traversal Attack identified in "GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x" (https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-9qm4-rh6w-pq5x), it may be possible to execute Java directly from Velocity templates using reflection. This is a very high impact vulnerability, but the attack can only be performed by a user that has DSpace Administrator privileges. Disabling LDN (see below) removes all known attack paths. Velocity is also used for email templating, but there is no known attack path via emails templates. Nonetheless, the patches below also apply to email templates.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=dspace-9.0 <dspace-9.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version dspace-9.3org.dspace:dspace-api (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=8.0-rc1 <8.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.4org.dspace:dspace-api (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=9.0-rc1 <9.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.3org.dspace:dspace-api (JAVA):
Affected version(s) =10.0-rc1 <10.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 10.0Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')