Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Nifi - CVE-2023-36542
Published: August 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78807
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36542
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application allows unprivileged users to reference an external URL for retrieving drivers. A local user can configure the application to retrieve malicious code from an external URL and execute it on the system.
Affected software
Apache Nifi
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36542
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Nifi - update to 1.23.0