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GHSA-g93m-8x6h-g5gv Apache ZooKeeper: Authentication bypass with IP-based authentication in Admin Server

HIGH Published 2024-11-07 Modified 2025-06-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-51504
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-290
Reviewed
2025-06-30

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper: >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.3 → fixed in 3.9.3

Description

When using IPAuthenticationProvider in ZooKeeper Admin Server there is a possibility of Authentication Bypass by Spoofing -- this only impacts IP based authentication implemented in ZooKeeper Admin Server. Default configuration of client's IP address detection in IPAuthenticationProvider, which uses HTTP request headers, is weak and allows an attacker to bypass authentication via spoofing client's IP address in request headers. Default configuration honors X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to read client's IP address. X-Forwarded-For request header is mainly used by proxy servers to identify the client and can be easily spoofed by an attacker pretending that the request comes from a different IP address. Admin Server commands, such as snapshot and restore arbitrarily can be executed on successful exploitation which could potentially lead to information leakage or service availability issues. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.3, which fixes this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-51504 When using IPAuthenticationProvider in ZooKeeper Admin Server there is a possibility of Authentication Bypass by Spoofing -- this only… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness

References