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CVE-2024-31865: Apache Zeppelin: Cron arbitrary user impersonation with improper privileges

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin. The attackers can call updating cron API with invalid or improper privileges so that the notebook can run with the privileges. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.8.2 before 0.11.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Zeppelin: from 0.8.2 before 0.11.1 — fixed in 0.11.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Zeppelin 0.11.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/09/9
• https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/4631
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/slm1sf0slwc11f4m4r0nd6ot2rf7w81l
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/09/9
• https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/4631
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/slm1sf0slwc11f4m4r0nd6ot2rf7w81l

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