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GHSA-G93M-8X6H-G5GV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-07 12:30 – Updated: 2025-06-30 18:49

Summary

Apache ZooKeeper: Authentication bypass with IP-based authentication in Admin Server

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    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

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  "modified": "2025-06-30T18:49:25Z",
  "published": "2024-11-07T12:30:35Z",
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CVE-2024-51504 (GCVE-0-2024-51504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-07 09:52 – Updated: 2024-11-07 16:33

Title

Apache ZooKeeper: Authentication bypass with IP-based authentication in Admin Server

Summary

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-11-07 16:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1090 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/b3qrmpkto5r6989qr…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/06/5

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache ZooKeeper	Affected: 3.9.0 , < 3.9.3 (semver)
apache	zookeeper	Affected: 3.9.0 , < 3.9.3 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:-:::::::*

Credits

4ra1n Y4tacker

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