CVE-2022-23974 Pinot segment push endpoint has a vulnerability in unprotected environments

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause service disruption in Apache Pinot via crafted requests if the controller allows open access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-23974?

CVE-2022-23974 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Pinot, published on 5 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In 0.9.3 or older versions of Apache Pinot segment upload path allowed segment directories to be imported into pinot tables. In pinot installations that allow open access to the controller a specially crafted request can potentially be exploited to cause disruption in pinot service. Pinot release 0.10.0 fixes this. See https://docs.pinot.apache.org/basics/releases/0.10.0

Weakness: CWE-674

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23974?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.apache.pinot:pinot MavenAll versions0.10.0
org.apache.pinot:pinot MavenAll versions0.10.0

Products include Apache Pinot.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23974?

Upgrade org.apache.pinot:pinot to 0.10.0 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-2022-23974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-29f8-q7mf-7cqj.

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