Command Injection Affecting org.apache.nifi:nifi-shell-authorizer package, versions [1.10.0,1.16.3)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Privileges Required High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.16% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENIFI-2871844
  • published 16 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.nifi:nifi-shell-authorizer to version 1.16.3 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.nifi:nifi-shell-authorizer is an Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection in the non-default ShellUserGroupProvider, which allows arbitrary arguments to be passed in to group resolution commands by privileged users when running on Linux or macOS systems.

NOTE: This vulnerability can be worked around by disabling ShellUserGroupProvider.