CVE-2024-28848: high-severity vulnerability in open-metadata OpenMetadata
SpEL Injection in `GET /api/v1/policies/validation/condition/<expr>` in OpenMetadata
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43Vexday Risk Score
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ssvc Actcvss 8.8epss 7.9%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDMar 15
VulnCheck+33d
OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. The `CompiledRule::validateExpression` method evaluates an SpEL expression using an `StandardEvaluationContext`, allowing the expression to reach and interact with Java classes such as `java.lang.Runtime`, leading to Remote Code Execution. The `/api/v1/policies/validation/condition/<expression>` endpoint passes user-controlled data `CompiledRule::validateExpession` allowing authenticated (non-admin) users to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlaying operating system. In addition, there is a missing authorization check since `Authorizer.authorize()` is never called in the affected path and therefore any authenticated non-admin user is able to trigger this endpoint and evaluate arbitrary SpEL expressions leading to arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's Expression language injection (Spring) query and is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-236`. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution and has been resolved in version 1.2.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
open-metadata · OpenMetadataRelated CVEs — open-metadata OpenMetadata
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-28255CRITICALAuthentication Bypass in OpenMetadataEPSS 73.3%CVE-2024-28254HIGHSpEL Injection in `GET /api/v1/events/subscriptions/validation/condition/<expr>` in OpenMetadataEPSS 45.7%CVE-2024-28253CRITICALSpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/policies` in OpenMetadataEPSS 12.5%CVE-2024-28847HIGHSpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/events/subscriptions` in OpenMetadataEPSS 2.4%CVE-2026-22244HIGHOpenMetadata Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in FreeMarker email templates that leads to RCEEPSS 1.3%CVE-2026-81029HIGHOpenMetadata before 2.0.0 JWT Disclosure via Unvalidated SAML and OIDC Redirect URIEPSS 0.6%
References
https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/java/java-spel-expression-injectionhttps://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/policyevaluator/CompiledRule.java#L51https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/policyevaluator/CompiledRule.java#L57https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-5xv3-fm7g-865r