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High · 8.8 CVE-2025-23196 EUVD-2025-3140GHSA-37rh-2c9j-68mm

Apache Ambari: Code Injection Vulnerability in Ambari Alert Definition

Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 3, 2025 · Assigned by apache

Description

A code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Alert Definition
feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary
shell commands. The vulnerability arises when defining alert scripts,
where the script filename field is executed using `sh -c`. An attacker
with authenticated access can exploit this vulnerability to inject
malicious commands, leading to remote code execution on the server. The
issue has been fixed in the latest versions of Ambari.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Ambari 8 – < 2.7.9 2.7.9

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