CVE-2021-38294 (GCVE-0-2021-38294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-25 12:22 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Title
Shell Command Injection Vulnerability in Nimbus Thrift Server
Summary
A Command Injection vulnerability exists in the getTopologyHistory service of the Apache Storm 2.x prior to 2.2.1 and Apache Storm 1.x prior to 1.2.4. A specially crafted thrift request to the Nimbus server allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) prior to authentication.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Storm Affected: v1.0.0 , < Apache Storm* (custom)
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Storm Affected: Apache Storm , < v1.2.4 (custom)
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Credits
Apache Storm would like to thank @pwntester Alvaro Muñoz of the GitHub Security Lab team for reporting this issue.
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  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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