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CVE-2024-31865: Apache Zeppelin: Cron arbitrary user impersonation with improper privileges

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin.

The attackers can call updating cron API with invalid or improper privileges so that the notebook can run with the privileges.

This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.8.2 before 0.11.1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-31865

Affected Products

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation

Product: Apache Zeppelin

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.39% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/4631
https://lists.apache.org/thread/slm1sf0slwc11f4m4r0nd6ot2rf7w81l
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/09/9

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