FKIE_CVE-2021-38294

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-10-25 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:01
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@apache.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165019/Apache-Storm-Nimbus-2.2.0-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5fe881f6ca883908b7a0f005d35115af49f43beea7a8b0915e377859%40%3Cuser.storm.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q4/44Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165019/Apache-Storm-Nimbus-2.2.0-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5fe881f6ca883908b7a0f005d35115af49f43beea7a8b0915e377859%40%3Cuser.storm.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q4/44Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache storm *
apache storm *
apache storm *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:01:49.013",
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