CVE-2024-48019 Apache Doris: allows admin users to read arbitrary files through the REST API

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Administrators can read arbitrary files from the server filesystem via path traversal in the REST API.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-48019?

CVE-2024-48019 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Doris, published on 4 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in Apache Doris.

Application administrators can read arbitrary files from the server filesystem through path traversal.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.8, 3.0.3 or later, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-552, CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48019?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Doris.

How do I fix CVE-2024-48019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2024-48019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pvx5-5856-c68p.

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