Critical severity · published Apr 13, 2021
CVE-2021-29943
When using ConfigurableInternodeAuthHadoopPlugin for authentication, Apache Solr versions prior to 8.8.2 would forward/proxy distributed requests using server credentials instead…
9.1
CVSS
4.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When using ConfigurableInternodeAuthHadoopPlugin for authentication, Apache Solr versions prior to 8.8.2 would forward/proxy distributed requests using server credentials instead of original client credentials. This would result in incorrect authorization resolution on the receiving hosts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.7% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SO
Solr · Apache
before 8.8.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29943
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29943
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91dd0ff556e0c9aab4c92852e0e540c59d4633718ce12881558cf44d%40%3Cusers.solr.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0009/
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