Galaxy vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery during data imports
Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-918Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Galaxy is an open-source platform for FAIR data analysis. Prior to version 22.05, Galaxy is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, which allows a malicious to issue arbitrary HTTP/HTTPS requests from the application server to internal hosts and read their responses. Version 22.05 contains a patch for this issue.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00385 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed galaxy (galaxyproject): 22.05
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| galaxyproject | galaxy | before 22.05 | 22.05 | Patch available | CNA |
- galaxy Vendorgalaxyproject Affected before 22.05 Fixed in 22.05 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:galaxyproject:galaxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 22.05 | Vulnerable | galaxyproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:galaxyproject:galaxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 22.05 Vulnerable ·galaxyproject
Remediation
- Fix · CNA galaxy (galaxyproject) Fixed in 22.05
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-42812
References
More galaxyproject Galaxy vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-12288 Galaxy vulnerable to unauthorized modification of pages/visualizations due to insufficient permission check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-07530 Arbitrary file access in the Galaxy data analysis platform CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2015-07990 galaxy-data-resource Command Line Template injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28338 Possible Data Tampering & Loss of Public Datasets in Galaxy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-28333 Stored Cross Site Scripting (Stored XSS) in Galaxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2018-15916 The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
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