CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-23196
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
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 configurations
• apache ambari (< 2.7.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/70g1l5lxvko7kvhyxmtmklhhfrlon837 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/21/8 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory