CVE-2023-38156 Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari JDBC Injection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit JDBC injection in Azure HDInsight Ambari to escalate privileges and potentially execute code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-38156?
CVE-2023-38156 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Microsoft Azure HDInsight, published on 12 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari JDBC Injection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38156?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Hdinsight.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2023-38156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure HDInsight
- CVE-2023-36419 Azure HDInsight Apache Oozie Workflow Scheduler XXE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-81349 Azure HDInsight Ambari Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-21529 Azure HDInsight Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-35394 Azure HDInsight Jupyter Notebook Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-35393 Azure Apache Hive Spoofing Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8jf3-q63c-77rv.