CVE-2024-31866 Apache Zeppelin: Interpreter download command does not escape malicious code injection

What is CVE-2024-31866?

CVE-2024-31866 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin.

The attackers can execute shell scripts or malicious code by overriding configuration like ZEPPELIN_INTP_CLASSPATH_OVERRIDES. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.8.2 before 0.11.1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-116

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31866?

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

Products include Apache Zeppelin.

How do I fix CVE-2024-31866?

Upgrade org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-interpreter to 0.11.1 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-31866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Zeppelin

• CVE-2024-31864 Apache Zeppelin: Remote code execution by adding malicious JDBC connection string Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-10095 bash command injection in spark interpreter Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-1317 Improper Authentication in Apache Zeppelin High 8.8
• CVE-2017-12619 Session Fixation in Apache Zeppelin High 8.1
• CVE-2024-51775 Apache Zeppelin: Command Injection via CSWSH High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-86jx-wr74-xr74.