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TI-2025-16981 Aliases CVE-2025-23196GHSA-37rh-2c9j-68mm

Apache Ambari: Code Injection Vulnerability in Ambari Alert Definition

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-77Published · Updated

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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

A code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Alert Definition feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands. The vulnerability arises when defining alert scripts, where the script filename field is executed using `sh -c`. An attacker with authenticated access can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious commands, leading to remote code execution on the server. The issue has been fixed in the latest versions of Ambari.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01294 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Ambari (Apache Software Foundation): 2.7.9

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Ambari8 to before 2.7.92.7.9Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Ambari VendorApache Affected 8 to before 2.7.9 Fixed in 2.7.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.9VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.9 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Ambari (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.7.9

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Ambari 2.7.9

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-16980 Apache Ambari: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Ambari/OoziePriority MEDIUM 40
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37rh-2c9j-68mm

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2016-05848 Improper access control in Apache Ambari CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-03642 During installation of Ambari 2.4.0 through 2.4.2, Ambari Server artifacts are not created with proper ACLs. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-02906 In Ambari 1.2.0 through 2.2.2, it may be possible to execute arbitrary system commands on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-34845 Apache Ambari: Remote Code Injection in Ambari Metrics and AMS Alerts CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-27565 Apache Ambari: authenticated users could perform command injection to perform RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-22657 Apache Ambari: Allows authenticated metrics consumers to perform RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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