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    CVE-2017-9803

    Apache Solr's Kerberos plugin can be configured to use delegation tokens, which allows an application to reuse the authentication of an end-user or another application. There are two issues with this functionality (when using SecurityAwareZkACLProvider type of ACL provider e.g. SaslZkACLProvider). Firstly, access to the security configuration can be leaked to users other than the solr super user. Secondly, malicious users can exploit this leaked configuration for privilege escalation to further expose/modify private data and/or disrupt operations in the Solr cluster. The vulnerability is fixed from Apache Solr 6.6.1 onwards.

    Published:Sep 18, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 18, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00342
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Solr

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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