CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-32647

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2021-06-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-470, CWE-74

Description

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Affected versions of Emissary are vulnerable to post-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE). The `CreatePlace` REST endpoint accepts an `sppClassName` parameter which is used to load an arbitrary class. This class is later instantiated using a constructor with the following signature: `<constructor>(String, String, String)`. An attacker may find a gadget (class) in the application classpath that could be used to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) or disrupt the application. Even though the chances to find a gadget (class) that allow arbitrary code execution are low, an attacker can still find gadgets that could potentially crash the application or leak sensitive data. As a work around disable network access to Emissary from untrusted sources.

Affected configurations

• nsa emissary 6.4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References