High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-23196
CVE-2025-23196
Description
A code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Alert Definition feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands. The vulnerability arises when defining alert scripts, where the script filename field is executed using sh -c. An attacker with authenticated access can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious commands, leading to remote code execution on the server. The issue has been fixed in the latest versions of Ambari.
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Affected products
3- Apache Software Foundation/Apache Ambariv5Range: 8
Patches
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References
2- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/21/8nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread/70g1l5lxvko7kvhyxmtmklhhfrlon837nvdVendor Advisory
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