What is CVE-2025-23196?

CVE-2025-23196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-23196?

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

RCE in Apache Ambari

CVE-2025-23196

A code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Alert Definition feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands. The vulnerability arises when defining alert scripts, where the script filename f…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.2th 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 8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23196?: CVE-2025-23196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-23196?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.