Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Storm - CVE-2021-40865

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Storm - CVE-2021-40865

Published: November 20, 2021 / Updated: November 29, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58269
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40865
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the worker services. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted request to the server and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Apache Storm
IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM)
openEuler
storm

How to mitigate CVE-2021-40865

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Storm - addressed in versions 1.2.4, 2.2.1
IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM) - update to 4.2.0.14
storm - update to 1.2.4-1

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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