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TI-2023-18606 Aliases CVE-2023-36812GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw

Remote Code Execution in OpenTSDB

Priority HIGH 65CWE-74Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

OpenTSDB is a open source, distributed, scalable Time Series Database (TSDB). OpenTSDB is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution vulnerability by writing user-controlled input to Gnuplot configuration file and running Gnuplot with the generated configuration. This issue has been patched in commit `07c4641471c` and further refined in commit `fa88d3e4b`. These patches are available in the `2.4.2` release. Users are advised to upgrade. User unable to upgrade may disable Gunuplot via the config option`tsd.core.enable_ui = true` and remove the shell files `mygnuplot.bat` and `mygnuplot.sh`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.16501 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed opentsdb (OpenTSDB): 2.4.2net.opentsdb:opentsdb (Maven): 2.4.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenTSDBopentsdbbefore 2.4.22.4.2Patch availableCNA
—net.opentsdb:opentsdb (Maven)before 2.4.22.4.2Patch availableGHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw
  • opentsdb VendorOpenTSDB Affected before 2.4.2 Fixed in 2.4.2 Patch available CNA
  • net.opentsdb:opentsdb (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.2 Fixed in 2.4.2 Patch available GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opentsdb:opentsdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.4.2VulnerableOpenTSDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:opentsdb:opentsdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.4.2 Vulnerable ·OpenTSDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA opentsdb (OpenTSDB) Fixed in 2.4.2
  • Fix · GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw net.opentsdb:opentsdb (Maven) Fixed in 2.4.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-36812
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-76f7-9v52-v2fw

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2020-18002 A remote code execution vulnerability occurs in OpenTSDB through 2.4.0 via command… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-11096 Remote Code Execution in OpenTSDB CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-09308 An issue was discovered in OpenTSDB 2.3.0. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-11097 Cross-site Scripting in OpenTSDB CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2018-09309 An issue was discovered in OpenTSDB 2.3.0. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2018-09333 An issue was discovered in OpenTSDB 2.3.0. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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