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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2021-40865 EUVD-2021-2262GHSA-w729-7633-2fw5

Unsafe Pre-Authentication Deserialization In Workers

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

Description

An Unsafe Deserialization vulnerability exists in the worker services of the Apache Storm supervisor server allowing pre-auth Remote Code Execution (RCE). Apache Storm 2.2.x users should upgrade to version 2.2.1 or 2.3.0. Apache Storm 2.1.x users should upgrade to version 2.1.1. Apache Storm 1.x users should upgrade to version 1.2.4

Affected products

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

Public exploits

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 2.2.1 GHSA-w729-7633-2fw5
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 1.0.0, < 1.2.4 1.2.4 GHSA-w729-7633-2fw5
Maven org.apache.storm:storm >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.1 2.1.1 GHSA-w729-7633-2fw5

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