What is CVE-2018-11789?

CVE-2018-11789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Heron, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-11789?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Apache Heron

CVE-2018-11789

When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of the current container to access any file on the host. Example woule be modifying the parameter path= to go to the directory you would like to view. i.e. ..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.069 (93.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Heron
N/a Apache Incubator Heron — versions Apache Incubator Heron 0.13.0 to 0.17.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@apache.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11789?: CVE-2018-11789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Heron, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-11789?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.