CVE-2018-11786

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11786
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-18 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:51:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache Karaf prior to 4.2.0 release, if the sshd service in Karaf is left on so an administrator can manage the running instance, any user with rights to the Karaf console can pivot and read/write any file on the file system to which the Karaf process user has access. This can be locked down a bit by using chroot to change the root directory to protect files outside of the Karaf install directory; it can be further locked down by defining a security manager policy that limits file system access to those directories beneath the Karaf home that are necessary for the system to run. However, this still allows anyone with ssh access to the Karaf process to read and write a large number of files as the Karaf process user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Karaf All All All All
Application Apache Karaf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[KARAF-5427] Add RBAC support for reflection invocation and redirections in the console - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11786.txt CONFIRM karaf.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376223 Apache Karaf Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 981174 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf (GHSA-9448-c9wq-jg9v)
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