Vulnerability · Published Jul 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-17459perwendel spark SparkJava ExternalResourceHandler.jav staticFiles.externalLocation symlink
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in spark from perwendel. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in perwendel spark up to 2.9.4. This vulnerability affects the function staticFiles.externalLocation of the file src/main/java/spark/resource/ExternalResourceHandler.jav of the component SparkJava. Executing a manipulation can lead to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-61, CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-383321 | perwendel spark SparkJava ExternalResourceHandler.jav staticFiles.externalLocation symlink vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-383321 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-17459 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #862468 | GitHub spark V 2.9.4 SparkJava External Static Files Symlink Escape Allows Local File third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/perwendel/spark/issues/1296 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/perwendel/spark/ product