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CVE-2023-36812: Remote Code Execution in OpenTSDB

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

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`.

Affected products

• OpenTSDB: before 2.4.2 — fixed in 2.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenTSDB 2.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174570/OpenTSDB-2.4.1-Unauthenticated-Command-Injection.html
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/07c4641471c6f5c2ab5aab615969e97211eb50d9
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/fa88d3e4b5369f9fb73da384fab0b23e246309ba
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174570/OpenTSDB-2.4.1-Unauthenticated-Command-Injection.html
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/07c4641471c6f5c2ab5aab615969e97211eb50d9
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/commit/fa88d3e4b5369f9fb73da384fab0b23e246309ba
• https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw

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