CVE-2014-0219 Improper Input Validation in Apache Karaf

What is CVE-2014-0219?

CVE-2014-0219 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Karaf before 4.0.10 enables a shutdown port on the loopback interface, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (shutdown) by sending a shutdown command to all listening high ports.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0219?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Karaf.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0219?

Upgrade org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf to 4.0.10 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-0219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2026-91012 Apache Karaf: Path Traversal in Config Service Allows Manager-to-Admin Privilege Escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-91048 Missing authorization in Apache Karaf Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40145 Apache Karaf: JDBC JAAS LDAP injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-11788 XML External Entity Reference in Apache Karaf Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-92142 Apache Karaf: Authorization bypass in JMX MBean lifecycle operations High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m6g3-xq5q-4hg9.