CVE-2023-25561

MEDIUM

Datahub < 0.8.45 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In the event a system is using Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication and that system is given a configuration which contains an error, the authentication for the system will fail open and allow an attacker to login using any username and password. The reason for this is that while an error is thrown in the `authenticateJaasUser` method it is swallowed without propagating the error. As a result of this issue unauthenticated users may gain access to the system. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by the GitHub Security lab and is tracked as GHSL-2022-081.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 66.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (1)

datahub/datahub < 0.8.45

Timeline

Published Feb 11, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026