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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2021-38294 EUVD-2021-2167GHSA-6768-mcjc-8223

Shell Command Injection Vulnerability in Nimbus Thrift Server

Published Oct 25, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by apache

Description

A Command Injection vulnerability exists in the getTopologyHistory service of the Apache Storm 2.x prior to 2.2.1 and Apache Storm 1.x prior to 1.2.4. A specially crafted thrift request to the Nimbus server allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) prior to authentication.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Storm v1.0.0 – < Apache Storm*, Apache Storm – < v1.2.4 Apache Storm*

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 2.2.1 GHSA-6768-mcjc-8223
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1 2.1.1 GHSA-6768-mcjc-8223
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 1.0.0, < 1.2.4 1.2.4 GHSA-6768-mcjc-8223

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