Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-51784

RCE in Apache Inlong 1.5.0 – 1.10.0

Published
03 January 2024
Modified
16 May 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.016 74th percentile
Risk Priority 79 floored blend · peak EPSS

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, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 26% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

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.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.002 AppleScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse AppleScript for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.005 Visual Basic Execution
Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution.
T1059.006 Python Execution
Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

apache
inlong
1.5.0 — 1.10.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.

Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.

Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.

none

Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.

References