CVE-2025-49656: Apache Jena: Administrative users can create files outside the server directory space via the admin UI

[Andy Seaborne <andy () apache org>]

Severity: important 

Affected versions:

- Apache Jena through 5.4.0

Description:

Users with administrator access can create databases files outside the files area of the Fuseki server.

This issue affects Apache Jena version up to 5.4.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.5.0, which fixes the issue.

Credit:

Noriaki Iwasaki; Cyber Defense Institute, Inc (reporter)

References:

https://jena.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49656