CVE-2024-52279 Apache Zeppelin: Arbitrary file read by adding malicious JDBC connection string

What is CVE-2024-52279?

CVE-2024-52279 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, published on 3 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin. The fix for JDBC URL validation in CVE-2024-31864 did not account for URL encoded input.

This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.11.1 before 0.12.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.12.0, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52279?

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

Products include Apache Zeppelin.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52279?

Upgrade org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-jdbc to 0.12.0 or later.

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

Is CVE-2024-52279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52279 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-2024-31866 Apache Zeppelin: Interpreter download command does not escape malicious code injection 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

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jr43-q92q-5q82.