Apache CloudStack up to 4.10.0.0/4.19.3.0/4.20.0.0/4.20.1.0 Password privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apache CloudStack up to 4.10.0.0/4.19.3.0/4.20.0.0/4.20.1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Password Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-47713. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apache CloudStack up to 4.10.0.0/4.19.3.0/4.20.0.0/4.20.1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Apache CloudStack versions 4.10.0.0 through 4.20.0.0 where a malicious Domain Admin user in the ROOT domain can reset the password of user-accounts of Admin role type. This operation is not appropriately restricted and allows the attacker to assume control over higher-privileged user-accounts. A malicious Domain Admin attacker can impersonate an Admin user-account and gain access to sensitive APIs and resources that could result in the compromise of resource integrity and confidentiality, data loss, denial of service, and availability of infrastructure managed by CloudStack. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache CloudStack 4.19.3.0 or 4.20.1.0, which fixes the issue with the following: * Strict validation on Role Type hierarchy: the caller's user-account role must be equal to or higher than the target user-account's role. * API privilege comparison: the caller must possess all privileges of the user they are operating on. * Two new domain-level settings (restricted to the default Admin):  - role.types.allowed.for.operations.on.accounts.of.same.role.type: Defines which role types are allowed to act on users of the same role type. Default: "Admin, DomainAdmin, ResourceAdmin".    - allow.operations.on.users.in.same.account: Allows/disallows user operations within the same account. Default: true.

It is possible to read the advisory at cloudstack.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-47713 since 05/08/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.19.3.0 or 4.20.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at shapeblue.com.

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Type

• Cloud Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• CloudStack

Version

• 4.10.0
• 4.19.0
• 4.19.1
• 4.19.2
• 4.19.3.0
• 4.20.0
• 4.20.1.0

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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