Security News > 2024 > July > Critical Apache HugeGraph Vulnerability Under Attack - Patch ASAP

Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache HugeGraph-Server that could lead to remote code execution attacks.
It has been described as a remote command execution flaw in the Gremlin graph traversal language API. "Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.0 with Java11 and enable the Auth system, which fixes the issue," the Apache Software Foundation noted in late April 2024.
Additional technical specifics about the flaw were released by penetration testing company SecureLayer7 in early June, stating it enables an attacker to bypass sandbox restrictions and achieve code execution, giving them complete control over a susceptible server.
This week, the Shadowserver Foundation said it spotted in-the-wild exploitation attempts that leverage the flaw, making it imperative that users move quickly to apply the latest fixes.
"We are observing Apache HugeGraph-Server CVE-2024-27348 RCE 'POST /gremlin' exploitation attempts from multiple sources," it said.
Vulnerabilities discovered in Apache projects have been lucrative attack vectors for the nation-state and financially motivated threat actors in recent years, with flaws in Log4j, ActiveMQ, and RocketMQ coming under heavy exploitation to infiltrate target environments.
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Related Vulnerability
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2024-04-22 | CVE-2024-27348 | Unspecified vulnerability in Apache Hugegraph 1.0.0/1.2.0 RCE-Remote Command Execution vulnerability in Apache HugeGraph-Server.This issue affects Apache HugeGraph-Server: from 1.0.0 before 1.3.0 in Java8 & Java11 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.0 with Java11 & enable the Auth system, which fixes the issue. | 9.8 |