High severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-82430
Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via Container Command Files Chowned to the Tenant
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Description
When launching a Docker or OCI worker, the setuid-root `worker-launcher` first changes ownership of the
entire worker directory to the untrusted topology user, and only afterwards reads and acts on the command
file that the supervisor wrote into that same directory. The file is opened without `O_NOFOLLOW` and without
re-verifying its owner, so between the ownership change and the read the tenant can replace its contents.
For the Docker path the parsed command is executed with real uid 0, and the command sanitiser is not a
privilege boundary: it admits `-v` with an arbitrary source, `--device`, `--cap-add`, `--security-opt`,
`--user` and `--net`, and copies positional arguments through verbatim. A rewritten file therefore yields an
attacker-authored, root-equivalent container invocation with the host filesystem available.
For the OCI path the same rewrite window applies, and mount validation is structural only, with no
source or destination allow-list, so arbitrary host paths can be bind-mounted read-write into the
container. The `username` field of the command file is likewise attacker-settable and is checked only
against non-root and minimum-uid rules, permitting execution as another tenant's uid.
Mitigation
Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the command file is validated before the ownership change and re-verified on open,
and where mount sources and destinations are constrained by configuration.
Users who cannot upgrade immediately should disable Docker and OCI worker isolation, or restrict topology
submission on affected supervisors to trusted principals. Note that the launcher must be rebuilt and
reinstalled after upgrading.
Credit
The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Apache Storm Worker Launcher · Apache Software Foundation
3.0.0 before 3.1.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
AS
Apache Storm Worker Launcher
Apache Software Foundation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82430
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82430
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread/8d5pkn486p8vrz5klg6onk5r8k9sd9lv
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/13/10
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