CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-11787
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
In Apache Karaf version prior to 3.0.9, 4.0.9, 4.1.1, when the webconsole feature is installed in Karaf, it is available at .../system/console and requires authentication to access it. One part of the console is a Gogo shell/console that gives access to the command line console of Karaf via a Web browser, and when navigated to it is available at .../system/console/gogo. Trying to go directly to that URL does require authentication. And optional bundle that some applications use is the Pax Web Extender Whiteboard, it is part of the pax-war feature and perhaps others. When it is installed, the Gogo console becomes available at another URL .../gogo/, and that URL is not secured giving access to the Karaf console to unauthenticated users. A mitigation for the issue is to manually stop/uninstall Gogo plugin bundle that is installed with the webconsole feature, although of course this removes the console from the .../system/console application, not only from the unauthenticated endpoint. One could also stop/uninstall the Pax Web Extender Whiteboard, but other components/applications may require it and so their functionality would be reduced/compromised.
Affected configurations
• apache karaf (< 3.0.9)
• apache karaf (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.9)
• apache karaf (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.1)
• apache karaf 4.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11787.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4993 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9ba4c3104ba32225646879a057b75b54430f349c246c85469037d3c%40%3Cdev.karaf.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- http://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11787.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4993 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9ba4c3104ba32225646879a057b75b54430f349c246c85469037d3c%40%3Cdev.karaf.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org