Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting com.hazelcast:hazelcast package, versions [5.0.0,5.0.5) [5.1.0,5.1.7) [5.2.0,5.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMHAZELCAST-5781353
  • published 19 Jul 2023
  • disclosed 19 Jul 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade com.hazelcast:hazelcast to version 5.0.5, 5.1.7, 5.2.4 or higher.

Overview

com.hazelcast:hazelcast is a clustering and highly scalable data distribution platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in executor services, which don't check client permissions properly, allowing authenticated users to execute tasks on members without the required permissions.

NOTE: Only users using executor services for distributed data structures are affected.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high