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CVE-2026-82430 (GCVE-0-2026-82430)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-14 14:15 – Updated: 2026-09-14 20:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via Container Command Files Chowned to the Tenant
Summary
Description
When launching a Docker or OCI worker, the setuid-root `worker-launcher` first changes ownership of the
entire worker directory to the untrusted topology user, and only afterwards reads and acts on the command
file that the supervisor wrote into that same directory. The file is opened without `O_NOFOLLOW` and without
re-verifying its owner, so between the ownership change and the read the tenant can replace its contents.
For the Docker path the parsed command is executed with real uid 0, and the command sanitiser is not a
privilege boundary: it admits `-v` with an arbitrary source, `--device`, `--cap-add`, `--security-opt`,
`--user` and `--net`, and copies positional arguments through verbatim. A rewritten file therefore yields an
attacker-authored, root-equivalent container invocation with the host filesystem available.
For the OCI path the same rewrite window applies, and mount validation is structural only, with no
source or destination allow-list, so arbitrary host paths can be bind-mounted read-write into the
container. The `username` field of the command file is likewise attacker-settable and is checked only
against non-root and minimum-uid rules, permitting execution as another tenant's uid.
Mitigation
Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the command file is validated before the ownership change and re-verified on open,
and where mount sources and destinations are constrained by configuration.
Users who cannot upgrade immediately should disable Docker and OCI worker isolation, or restrict topology
submission on affected supervisors to trusted principals. Note that the launcher must be rebuilt and
reinstalled after upgrading.
Credit
The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 20:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/8d5pkn486p8vrz5kl… | vendor-advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/0… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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Affected:
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CVE-2026-82429 (GCVE-0-2026-82429)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-14 14:16 – Updated: 2026-09-14 20:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via a Time-of-Check Race in the Worker Launcher
Summary
Description
The setuid-root `worker-launcher` binary adjusts ownership and permissions of worker directories by walking
the tree with FTS and calling `lchown` and `chmod` on each entry's full pathname while running with an
effective uid of 0. Both syscalls re-resolve the path at the time of the call, after FTS has classified the
entry, and the trees being walked are owned and writable by the untrusted topology user.
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enforce. It is the same defect class as the Hadoop container-executor issues from which this code derives.
Mitigation
Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the privileged walk operates on file descriptors it has already stat'd rather than
on pathnames re-resolved at call time.
Users who cannot upgrade immediately should not run untrusted topology code on supervisors configured with
`supervisor.run.worker.as.user`, since the launcher is the boundary being crossed. Note that the launcher
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Credit
The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 19:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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CVE-2026-82429 (GCVE-0-2026-82429)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 14:16 – Updated: 2026-09-14 20:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via a Time-of-Check Race in the Worker Launcher
Summary
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effective uid of 0. Both syscalls re-resolve the path at the time of the call, after FTS has classified the
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Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the privileged walk operates on file descriptors it has already stat'd rather than
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The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
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7.8 (High)
SSVC
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Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 19:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
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1 product
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CVE-2026-82430 (GCVE-0-2026-82430)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 14:15 – Updated: 2026-09-14 20:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via Container Command Files Chowned to the Tenant
Summary
Description
When launching a Docker or OCI worker, the setuid-root `worker-launcher` first changes ownership of the
entire worker directory to the untrusted topology user, and only afterwards reads and acts on the command
file that the supervisor wrote into that same directory. The file is opened without `O_NOFOLLOW` and without
re-verifying its owner, so between the ownership change and the read the tenant can replace its contents.
For the Docker path the parsed command is executed with real uid 0, and the command sanitiser is not a
privilege boundary: it admits `-v` with an arbitrary source, `--device`, `--cap-add`, `--security-opt`,
`--user` and `--net`, and copies positional arguments through verbatim. A rewritten file therefore yields an
attacker-authored, root-equivalent container invocation with the host filesystem available.
For the OCI path the same rewrite window applies, and mount validation is structural only, with no
source or destination allow-list, so arbitrary host paths can be bind-mounted read-write into the
container. The `username` field of the command file is likewise attacker-settable and is checked only
against non-root and minimum-uid rules, permitting execution as another tenant's uid.
Mitigation
Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the command file is validated before the ownership change and re-verified on open,
and where mount sources and destinations are constrained by configuration.
Users who cannot upgrade immediately should disable Docker and OCI worker isolation, or restrict topology
submission on affected supervisors to trusted principals. Note that the launcher must be rebuilt and
reinstalled after upgrading.
Credit
The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 20:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/8d5pkn486p8vrz5kl… | vendor-advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/0… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Storm Worker Launcher |
Affected:
3.0.0 , < 3.1.0
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