Missing Authorization Affecting apache-nifi package, versions <2.11.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-APACHENIFI-18573286
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed3 Aug 2026

Introduced: 3 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-68979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest apache-nifi to version 2.11.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache-nifi package and not the apache-nifi package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache NiFI 1.10.0 through 2.10.0 provide a Parameter Context update REST API method that does not enforce authorization checking on components referencing Parameter values. Updating a Parameter Context can change parameter values that affect referencing components, but framework authorization was limited to read and write privileges on the Parameter Context itself. As a result of the missing authorization, an authenticated user authorized to modify a Parameter Context, but not authorized on referencing components, could alter Parameter values affecting those components. In deployments where a Parameter value contains executable scripting content, updating a Parameter can result in code execution during automatic component validation, without starting the referencing component. The impact was limited to stopped components by existing verification checks, and the issue applies only to deployments that use component-level authorization policies. Upgrading to Apache NiFi 2.11.0 is the recommended mitigation, which aligns the Parameter Context update method authorization with other methods, adding authorization checking on affected components.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1