Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Apache Pulsar - CVE-2022-24280
Published: September 22, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67592
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24280
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Proxy component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Apache Pulsar
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24280
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Pulsar - addressed in versions 2.7.5, 2.8.3, 2.9.2