GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/10/GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5/GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-28gg-8qqj-fhh5

Published

2025-10-15T20:37:29Z

Modified

2025-10-16T08:04:35.985677Z

Severity

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

Summary

OpenSearch Data Prepper uses deprecated SSL protocol identifier

Details

Impact

The GeoIP processor and Kafka source and buffer were using the deprecated "SSL" protocol identifier when creating SSL contexts, potentially allowing the use of insecure SSL protocols instead of modern TLS versions.

Multiple Data Prepper plugins used SSLContext.getInstance("SSL") which could potentially allow the use of deprecated SSL protocols (SSLv2, SSLv3) that have known security vulnerabilities. While modern Java implementations typically default to secure TLS versions even with the "SSL" identifier, explicitly using "TLS" ensures that only secure TLS protocols are negotiated.

The affected components were:

GeoIP Processor: The DBSource.initiateSSL() method used for downloading GeoIP databases from external sources
Kafka Plugin: Both CustomClientSslEngineFactory and InsecureSslEngineFactory classes used for Kafka client connections

This could potentially allow connections to negotiate weaker SSL protocols instead of enforcing modern TLS versions, reducing the security of data transmission.

Patches

Data Prepper 2.12.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible:

Ensure your Java runtime is configured to disable deprecated SSL protocols
Use network-level controls to enforce TLS-only connections
Use external tools to verify that deprecated SSL protocols are not allowed.

Database specific

{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-15T20:37:29Z"
}

References

Affected packages

Maven / org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor

Package

Name: org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins:geoip-processor; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins/geoip-processor

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

2.4.0

Fixed

2.12.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.0

2.12.1