Apache CloudStack up to 4.20.0.0 privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apache CloudStack. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-22829. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache CloudStack. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The CloudStack Quota plugin has an improper privilege management logic in version 4.20.0.0. Anyone with authenticated user-account access in CloudStack 4.20.0.0 environments, where this plugin is enabled and have access to specific APIs can enable or disable reception of quota-related emails for any account in the environment and list their configurations. Quota plugin users using CloudStack 4.20.0.0 are recommended to upgrade to CloudStack version 4.20.1.0, which fixes this issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at cloudstack.staged.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-22829 since 01/08/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched 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 06/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Productinfo

Type

• Cloud Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• CloudStack

Version

• 2.0.1
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.13
• 2.2.14
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.0-incubating
• 4.1.1
• 4.2.0
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.5.0
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.2.1
• 4.6.2.0
• 4.6.2.1
• 4.7.1.0
• 4.7.1.1
• 4.8.0.0
• 4.8.0.1
• 4.9.0.0
• 4.13.1
• 4.16
• 4.16.1.0
• 4.18.1.1
• 4.18.2.1
• 4.18.2.2
• 4.18.2.3
• 4.18.2.4
• 4.18.2.5
• 4.19.0.0
• 4.19.0.1
• 4.19.0.2
• 4.19.1.0
• 4.19.1.1
• 4.19.1.2
• 4.19.1.3
• 4.19.3.0
• 4.20.0.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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