CVE-2023-51784
Published: 03 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-51784 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Apache Inlong. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-51784 is a code injection vulnerability, tracked under CWE-94, that affects Apache InLong versions 1.5.0 through 1.9.0. The flaw stems from improper control over code generation and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, indicating that unauthenticated network attackers can achieve full remote code execution on affected instances.
An attacker with no credentials or user interaction can send specially crafted requests to an exposed InLong deployment and execute arbitrary code on the underlying server, potentially compromising data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Apache has published mitigation guidance directing users to upgrade to version 1.10.0; for environments that cannot perform a full upgrade, the project recommends applying the fix from pull request 9329.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0708 with no material increase after disclosure, and no public reports of active exploitation have appeared in the referenced advisories.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-0321
Vulnerability details
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache InLong.This issue affects Apache InLong: from 1.5.0 through 1.9.0, which could lead to Remote Code Execution. Users are advised to upgrade to Apache InLong's 1.10.0 or cherry-pick [1] to…
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solve it. [1] https://github.com/apache/inlong/pull/9329
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.