This vulnerability allows access to arbitrary files in the application server file system due to a path traversal vulnerability in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.2.20 documented in CVE-2020-6950. The remediation for this vulnerability contained in this security fix provides additional changes to the remediation announced in May 2021 tracked by ETN IIQSAW-3585 and January 2024 tracked by IIQFW-336. This vulnerability in IdentityIQ is assigned CVE-2024-2227.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.