TI-2024-19049 Aliases CVE-2024-28847 GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435

SpEL Injection in `PUT /api/v1/events/subscriptions` in OpenMetadata

HIGH 73CWE-94Published 2024-03-15 · Updated 2024-08-27

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. Similarly to the GHSL-2023-250 issue, `AlertUtil::validateExpression` is also called from `EventSubscriptionRepository.prepare()`, which can lead to Remote Code Execution. `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/events/subscriptions` which gets handled by `EventSubscriptionResource.createOrUpdateEventSubscription()`. This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's Expression language injection (Spring) query. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution and has been addressed in version 1.2.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-251`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02372 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed OpenMetadata (open-metadata): 1.2.4org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven): 1.2.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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
open-metadata	OpenMetadata	before 1.2.4	1.2.4	Patch available	CNA
—	org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven)	before 1.2.4	1.2.4	Patch available	GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435

OpenMetadata Vendoropen-metadata Affected before 1.2.4 Fixed in 1.2.4 Patch available CNA
org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.2.4 Fixed in 1.2.4 Patch available GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:open-metadata:openmetadata::::::::	before 1.2.4	Vulnerable	open-metadata

cpe:2.3:a:open-metadata:openmetadata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·open-metadata

Remediation

Fix · CNA OpenMetadata (open-metadata) Fixed in 1.2.4
Fix · GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435 org.open-metadata:openmetadata-service (Maven) Fixed in 1.2.4 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28847
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-8p5r-6mvv-2435

Advisory 2

Other 6

TI-2024-18814 Authentication Bypass in OpenMetadata CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-19050 SpEL Injection in `GET /api/v1/policies/validation/condition/<expr>` in OpenMetadata CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-18813 SpEL Injection in `GET /api/v1/events/subscriptions/validation/condition/<expr>` in OpenMetadata CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-17854 OpenMetadata Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in FreeMarker email templates that leads to RCE CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2024-36809 OpenMetadata <=1.4.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-21024 Leaky JWTs in OpenMetadata exposing highly-privileged bot users CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6

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Sources

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