CVE-2018-8008 ZipSlip in org.apache.storm:storm-core

What is CVE-2018-8008?

CVE-2018-8008 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Storm, published on 5 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Apache Storm version 1.0.6 and earlier, 1.2.1 and earlier, and version 1.1.2 and earlier expose an arbitrary file write vulnerability, that can be achieved using a specially crafted zip archive (affects other archives as well, bzip2, tar, xz, war, cpio, 7z), that holds path traversal filenames. So when the filename gets concatenated to the target extraction directory, the final path ends up outside of the target folder.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8008?

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

Products include Apache Storm.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8008?

Upgrade org.apache.storm:storm-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.0.7, 1.1.3 or 1.2.2.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2018-8008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Storm

• CVE-2021-38294 Shell Command Injection Vulnerability in Nimbus Thrift Server Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-40865 Unsafe Pre-Authentication Deserialization In Workers Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-11779 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Storm Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-3188 Apache Storm remote code execution vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-35337 Apache Storm Client: RCE through Unsafe Deserialization via Kerberos TGT Credential Handling High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-898j-5cc8-cmf5.