CVE-2017-7686 Apache Ignite communicates to an external PHP server where sensitive information is sent

What is CVE-2017-7686?

CVE-2017-7686 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ignite, published on 28 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Ignite 1.0.0-RC3 to 2.0 uses an update notifier component to update the users about new project releases that include additional functionality, bug fixes and performance improvements. To do that the component communicates to an external PHP server (http://ignite.run) where it needs to send some system properties like Apache Ignite or Java version. Some of the properties might contain user sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7686?

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

Products include Apache Ignite.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7686?

Upgrade org.apache.ignite:ignite-core to 2.1 or later.

Is CVE-2017-7686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Ignite

• CVE-2018-1273 VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-8018 Code execution via deserialization in org.apache.ignite:ignite-core Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-1295 Apache serialization mechanism does not have a list of classes allowed for serialization/deserialization Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-52577 Apache Ignite: Possible RCE when deserializing incoming messages by the server node Critical 9.5
• CVE-2020-1963 File system access via H2 in Apache Ignite Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8p83-68cw-943f.