Path traversal in ClickHouse - CVE-2018-14672
Published: August 15, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30822
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14672
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
In ClickHouse before 18.12.13, functions for loading CatBoost models allowed path traversal and reading arbitrary files through error messages.
Affected software
ClickHouse
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14672
Install update from vendor's website.
ClickHouse - update to 18.12.13