CVE-2023-25561

Login fail open on JAAS misconfiguration in DataHub

Published Feb 10, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In the event a system is using Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication and that system is given a configuration which contains an error, the authentication for the system will fail open and allow an attacker to login using any username and password. The reason for this is that while an error is thrown in the `authenticateJaasUser` method it is swallowed without propagating the error. As a result of this issue unauthenticated users may gain access to the system. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by the GitHub Security lab and is tracked as GHSL-2022-081.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-29513 DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In the event a system is using Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication and that system is given a configuration which contains an error, the authentication for the system will fail open and allow an attacker to login using any username and password. The reason for this is that while an error is thrown in the `authenticateJaasUser` method it is swallowed without propagating the error. As a result of this issue unauthenticated users may gain access to the system. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by the GitHub Security lab and is tracked as GHSL-2022-081.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Datahub
Datahub datahub
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:datahub_project:datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:datahub:datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Datahub Project
Datahub Project datahub
Datahub
Datahub datahub
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 10, 2025, 9:13 PM
Reserved
Feb 7, 2023, 5:10 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 11, 2023, 1:23 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:41 AM