CVE-2018-1295: Possible Execution of Arbitrary Code Within Deserialization Endpoints of Apache Ignite
Severity: Important Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: Apache Ignite 2.3 or earlier Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code on Ignite nodes in the case when Ignite classpath contains arbitrary vulnerable classes. Description: Apache Ignite serialization mechanism does not have a list of classes allowed for serialization/deserialization, which makes it possible to run arbitrary code when 3-rd party vulnerable classes are present in Ignite classpath. The vulnerability can be exploited if the one sends a specially prepared form of a serialized object to one of the deserialization endpoints of some Ignite components - discovery SPI, Ignite persistence, Memcached endpoint, socket steamer. Mitigation: • All Ignite versions: make sure there are no vulnerable classes among your custom code used in Apache Ignite. • Ignite 2.3 or earlier users: upgrade to Ignite 2.4 and use IGNITE_MARSHALLER_WHITELIST and/or IGNITE_MARSHALLER_BLACKLIST system properties to define classes allowed for deserialization Credit: The vulnerability was discovered by Man Yue Mo of lgtm.com. References: * http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1295
