CVE-2018-14335: h2database h2

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 13.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197. Insecure handling of permissions in the backup function allows attackers to read sensitive files (outside of their permissions) via a symlink to a fake database file.

Affected products

• h2database h2: version 1.4.197 only

Published 2018-07-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.