Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0 JDBC Connection code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JDBC Connection Handler. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-31864. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0. This affects an unknown code block of the component JDBC Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin. The attacker can inject sensitive configuration or malicious code when connecting MySQL database via JDBC driver. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: before 0.11.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-31864 since 04/06/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Zeppelin

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11.0

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/
• Product: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/

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