CVE-2023-36812
Remote Code Execution in OpenTSDB
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Jun 30, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 27, 2023
Description
OpenTSDB is a open source, distributed, scalable Time Series Database (TSDB). OpenTSDB is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution vulnerability by writing user-controlled input to Gnuplot configuration file and running Gnuplot with the generated configuration. This issue has been patched in commit `07c4641471c` and further refined in commit `fa88d3e4b`. These patches are available in the `2.4.2` release. Users are advised to upgrade. User unable to upgrade may disable Gunuplot via the config option`tsd.core.enable_ui = true` and remove the shell files `mygnuplot.bat` and `mygnuplot.sh`.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
opentsdbOpenTSDB |
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References
- https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw
- https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/07c4641471c6f5c2ab5aab615969e97211eb50d9
- https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/fa88d3e4b5369f9fb73da384fab0b23e246309ba
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174570/OpenTSDB-2.4.1-Unauthenticated-Command-Injection.html
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