CVE-2017-9803
HIGHApache Solr 6.2.0-6.6.0 - Privilege Escalation via Kerberos Delegation Token Configuration
Title source: llmDescription
Apache Solr's Kerberos plugin can be configured to use delegation tokens, which allows an application to reuse the authentication of an end-user or another application. There are two issues with this functionality (when using SecurityAwareZkACLProvider type of ACL provider e.g. SaslZkACLProvider). Firstly, access to the security configuration can be leaked to users other than the solr super user. Secondly, malicious users can exploit this leaked configuration for privilege escalation to further expose/modify private data and/or disrupt operations in the Solr cluster. The vulnerability is fixed from Apache Solr 6.6.1 onwards.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100870
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201709.mbox/%3CCAOOKt53AOScg04zUh0%2BR_fcXD0C9s5mQ-OzdgYdnHz49u1KmXw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0123
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (11)
apache/solr
6.2.0
apache/solr
6.2.1
apache/solr
6.3.0
apache/solr
6.4.0
apache/solr
6.4.1
apache/solr
6.4.2
apache/solr
6.5.0
apache/solr
6.5.1
apache/solr
6.6.0
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Solr
6.2.0 to 6.6.0
... and 1 more
Published
Sep 18, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026