THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-25167
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-25167

Flume vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Apache Flume versions 1.4.0 through 1.9.0 are vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JMS Source with a JNDI LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server. This issue is fixed by limiting JNDI to allow only the use of the java protocol or no protocol.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Flume
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-06-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-25167

  • Confirm whether Apache Flume is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-25167.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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