USN-8181-1: libowasp-esapi-java Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-8181-1 is a vulnerability in libowasp-esapi-java Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 16-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 25-06-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libowasp-esapi-java vulnerabilities Jaroslav Lobačevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory validation checks, leading to control-flow bypass. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23457) Kevin W. Wall and Sebastian Passaro discovered that ESAPI did not properly sanitize javascript URLs because of an incorrect regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24891) Longlong Gong discovered that ESAPI did not properly neutralize special elements during SQL injection defense. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection. (CVE-2025-5878)

No weakness data has been published for this record.