h2oai h2o-3 3.46.0.4 JDBC Connection /dtale/chart-data/1 getConnectionSafe Query deserialization

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A vulnerability was found in h2oai h2o-3 3.46.0.4. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function getConnectionSafe of the file /dtale/chart-data/1 of the component JDBC Connection Handler. The manipulation of the argument Query leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-8862. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in h2oai h2o-3 3.46.0.4. This issue affects the function getConnectionSafe of the file /dtale/chart-data/1 of the component JDBC Connection Handler. The manipulation of the argument query with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at rumbling-slice-eb0.notion.site. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-8862. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at rumbling-slice-eb0.notion.site. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213041 (H2O-3 Multiple Deserialization Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213041). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• h2oai

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• h2o-3

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• 3.46.0.4

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• Submit #403200: h2oai h2o-3 3.46.0.4 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted JDBC (by aftersnow)

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