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title: "CVE-2024-28253: OpenMetadata vulnerable to SpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/policies` (`GHSL-2023-252`)"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-28253/
description: "CVE-2024-28253 (org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven)): OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-03-15
date_modified: 2024-08-28
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-28253"
kev: false
cvss: 9.4
epss: 0.12527
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-28253: OpenMetadata vulnerable to SpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/policies` (`GHSL-2023-252`)

**Signal:** High exploit likelihood. EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 12.5% , percentile 96: FIRST’s model estimates a 12.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (very high). 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 org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven) < 1.3.1, fixed in 1.3.1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. CompiledRule::validateExpression is also called from PolicyRepository.prepare. prepare() is called from EntityRepository.prepareInternal() which, in turn, gets called from EntityResource.createOrUpdate(). Note that even though there is an authorization check (authorizer.authorize()), it gets called after prepareInternal() gets called and therefore after the SpEL expression has been evaluated. In order to reach this method, an attacker can send a PUT request to /api/v1/policies which gets handled by PolicyResource.createOrUpdate(). This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's Expression language injection (Spring) query and is also tracked as GHSL-2023-252. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution and has been addressed in version 1.3.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service` < 1.3.1 → fixed: 1.3.1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- open-metadata OpenMetadata: < 1.3.1

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.4 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.4 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 12.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 96.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-28253](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28253)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-28253](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28253)
- [github.com](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr)
- [codeql.github.com](https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/java/java-spel-expression-injection)
- [github.com](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java#L693)
- [github.com](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java#L219)
- [github.com](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/policies/PolicyResource.java#L365)
- [github.com](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/PolicyRepository.java#L113)
- [securitylab.github.com](https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-235_GHSL-2023-237_Open_Metadata)

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