CVE-2021-38294

Shell Command Injection Vulnerability in Nimbus Thrift Server

A Command Injection vulnerability exists in the getTopologyHistory service of the Apache Storm 2.x prior to 2.2.1 and Apache Storm 1.x prior to 1.2.4. A specially crafted thrift request to the Nimbus server allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) prior to authentication.

Affected

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Storm

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

83.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2021-10-25

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165019/Apache-Storm-Nimbus-2.2.0-Command-Execution.h…

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/nimbus_gettopologyhis…

Security advisories

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5fe881f6ca883908b7a0f005d35115af49f43beea7a8b0915e3…
• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q4/44
• advisories/GHSA-6768-mcjc-8223

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry