GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5 Template injection in cron-utils
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-26238
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.cronutils:cron-utils
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
- Reviewed
- 2020-11-24
Affected packages
• Maven com.cronutils:cron-utils: < 9.1.3 → fixed in 9.1.3
Description
Impact
A Template Injection was identified in cron-utils enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Versions up to 9.1.2 are susceptible to this vulnerability. Please note, that only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are affected.
Patches
The issue was patched and a new version released. Please upgrade to version 9.1.3.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds up to this moment.
References
A description of the issue is provided in issue 461
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Open an issue in cron-utils Github repository
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-26238 Cron-utils is a Java library to parse, validate, migrate crons as well as get human readable descriptions for them. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/security/advisories/GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26238 advisory
- https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/issues/461 web
- https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/commit/4cf373f7352f5d95f0bf6512af8af326b31c835e web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r390bb7630b7ea8f02bf7adbbe69c0ae8b562c527d663c543d965f959@%3Cgitbox.hive.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r432a69a1a85cbcb1f1bad2aa0fbfce0367bf894bf917f6ed7118e7f0@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E web
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