CVE-2022-40145

CRITICAL

Apache Karaf < 4.3.8 - Remote Code Execution via JNDI LDAP Data Source URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerable is about a potential code injection when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server using in the JDBC JNDI URL. The function jaas.modules.src.main.java.porg.apache.karaf.jass.modules.jdbc.JDBCUtils#doCreateDatasource use InitialContext.lookup(jndiName) without filtering. An user can modify `options.put(JDBCUtils.DATASOURCE, "osgi:" + DataSource.class.getName());` to `options.put(JDBCUtils.DATASOURCE,"jndi:rmi://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Command");` in JdbcLoginModuleTest#setup. This is vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JNDI LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server.This issue affects all versions of Apache Karaf up to 4.4.1 and 4.3.7. We encourage the users to upgrade to Apache Karaf at least 4.4.2 or 4.3.8

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0539
EPSS Percentile 90.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-74 CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
apache/karaf < 4.3.8
org.apache.karaf/apache-karaf 0 - 4.3.8Maven
Published Dec 21, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026