What is CVE-2024-51941?

CVE-2024-51941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-51941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Apache Ambari

CVE-2024-51941

A remote code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Metrics and AMS Alerts feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability occurs when processing alert definitions, where malicious input can be injected into the alert script execution path. An attacker with authenticated access can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the server. The issue has been fixed in the latest versions of Ambari.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Ambari
Apache Software Foundation Ambari — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51941?: CVE-2024-51941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-51941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.