CVE-2024-28847

SpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/events/subscriptions` in OpenMetadata

Published Mar 15, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. Similarly to the GHSL-2023-250 issue, `AlertUtil::validateExpression` is also called from `EventSubscriptionRepository.prepare()`, which can lead to Remote Code Execution. `prepare()` is called from `EntityRepository.prepareInternal()` which, in turn, gets called from `EntityResource.createOrUpdate()`. Note that, even though there is an authorization check (`authorizer.authorize()`), it gets called after `prepareInternal()` gets called and, therefore, after the SpEL expression has been evaluated. In order to reach this method, an attacker can send a PUT request to `/api/v1/events/subscriptions` which gets handled by `EventSubscriptionResource.createOrUpdateEventSubscription()`. This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's Expression language injection (Spring) query. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution and has been addressed in version 1.2.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-251`.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435 OpenMetadata vulnerable to a SpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/events/subscriptions` (`GHSL-2023-251`)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-metadata
Open-metadata openmetadata
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open-metadata:openmetadata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open-metadata
Open-metadata openmetadata
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 27, 2024, 7:40 PM
Reserved
Mar 11, 2024, 10:45 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 15, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:21 AM