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

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apache CloudStack up to 4.10.0.0/4.19.3.0/4.20.0.0/4.20.1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Key Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-47849. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was 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 issue is an unknown code block of the component Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 get the API key and secret key of user-accounts of Admin role type in the same domain. 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 role must be equal to or higher than the target user'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.

The advisory is shared for download at cloudstack.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-47849 since 05/12/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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• 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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