CVE-2023-36812

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    CVE-2023-36812

    Published: 30 Jun 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Remote Code Execution in OpenTSDB

    Details: 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`.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174570/OpenTSDB-2.4.1-Unauthenticated-Command-Injection.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/36xxx/CVE-2023-36812.json, https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36812, https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/07c4641471c6f5c2ab5aab615969e97211eb50d9, https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/fa88d3e4b5369f9fb73da384fab0b23e246309ba

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -07c4641471c6f5c2ab5aab615969e97211eb50d9

    Affected versions

    v2.4.1
    v2.4.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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