CVE-2023-37924: SQL injection in Apache Submarine

Should you act?

Critical and remotely reachable

No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. This signal is computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS data; it is not an editorial verdict.

• No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
• EPSS 7.2%, percentile 94: FIRST’s model estimates a 7.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
• Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
• Only applies if your dependency tree includes apache-submarine (PyPI) >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.0, fixed in 0.8.0. Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

What it is

Apache Software Foundation Apache Submarine has an SQL injection vulnerability when a user logs in. This issue can result in unauthorized login. Now we have fixed this issue and now user must have the correct login to access workbench. This issue affects Apache Submarine: from 0.7.0 before 0.8.0. We recommend that all submarine users with 0.7.0 upgrade to 0.8.0, which not only fixes the issue, supports the oidc authentication mode, but also removes the case of unauthenticated logins. If using the version lower than 0.8.0 and not want to upgrade, you can try cherry-pick PR https://github.com/apache/submarine/pull/1037 https://github.com/apache/submarine/pull/1054 and rebuild the submarine-server image to fix this.

From the GitHub advisory

Apache Software Foundation Apache Submarine has an SQL injection vulnerability when a user logs in. This issue can result in unauthorized login.

Now we have fixed this issue and now user must have the correct login to access workbench. This issue affects Apache Submarine: from 0.7.0 before 0.8.0. We recommend that all submarine users with 0.7.0 upgrade to 0.8.0, which not only fixes the issue, supports the oidc authentication mode, but also removes the case of unauthenticated logins.

If using the version lower than 0.8.0 and not want to upgrade, you can try cherry-pick PR https://github.com/apache/submarine/pull/1037 https://github.com/apache/submarine/pull/1054 and rebuild the submarine-server image to fix this.

Weakness type: CWE-89.

Product: apache-submarine (PyPI) · Assigned by: apache · Published: 2023-11-22

Affected and fixed versions

Severity scores

• Attack vector: network (remotely reachable)
• Attack complexity: low
• Privileges required: none (no login)
• User interaction: none
• Scope: unchanged

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Exploitation and urgency

• CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
• FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 7.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 94.

Timeline

• 2023-11-22 — CVE record published by apache
• 2023-11-22 — GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-v5gj-fx3g-hcpw published (critical)
• 2024-08-02 — CVE record last updated

Sources and references

Original sources first. Version and fix details should always be confirmed against the vendor or project advisory.

Vendor and project advisories, patches

1. github.com github.com
2. lists.apache.org lists.apache.org

Vulnerability records

1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-v5gj-fx3g-hcpw github.com
2. CVE.org record CVE-2023-37924 cve.org
3. NVD entry CVE-2023-37924 nvd.nist.gov

Other references from the CVE record and advisory

1. issues.apache.org issues.apache.org
2. github.com github.com
3. github.com github.com

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