CVE-2021-45458 Hardcoded credentials

What is CVE-2021-45458?

CVE-2021-45458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Kylin, published on 6 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Kylin provides encryption classes PasswordPlaceholderConfigurer to help users encrypt their passwords. In the encryption algorithm used by this encryption class, the cipher is initialized with a hardcoded key and IV. If users use class PasswordPlaceholderConfigurer to encrypt their password and configure it into kylin's configuration file, there is a risk that the password may be decrypted. This issue affects Apache Kylin 2 version 2.6.6 and prior versions; Apache Kylin 3 version 3.1.2 and prior versions; Apache Kylin 4 version 4.0.0 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-330, CWE-798

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45458?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.kylin:kylin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Kylin.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45458?

Upgrade org.apache.kylin:kylin to a fixed version for your release line: 3.1.3 or 4.0.1.

Is CVE-2021-45458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Kylin

• CVE-2020-1956 Apache Kylin OS Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-62390 Apache Kylin: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Catalog Cache Refresh API Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-44621 Apache Kylin: Command injection by Diagnosis Controller Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24697 Apache Kylin vulnerable to remote code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-31522 Apache Kylin unsafe class loading Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9fj5-jg6f-qg5r.