Server-side template injection in Apache OFBiz renderLink
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-1336.
Summary
Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms is affected. The renderLink function concatenates link parameter values unescaped into FreeMarker template source that is compiled and evaluated at render time, which is a missing neutralization of template syntax (CWE-1336). A remote attacker holding two view permissions can run operating system commands as the OFBiz service account with a single GET request.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine ('Server-Side Template Injection') in MacroScreenRenderer in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding only the two view permissions of a control-servlet webapp (e.g. CATALOG_VIEW and OFBTOOLS_VIEW on /catalog, held by OFBiz's own shipped order-entry clerk role) to execute arbitrary operating system commands as the OFBiz service account with a single GET request, by placing an apostrophe followed by FreeMarker expression source in a screen link parameter value, because renderLink concatenates link parameter values verbatim between apostrophes into an unquoted, unescaped template-source string that is compiled and evaluated at render time, allowing the injected expression to reach the allow-listed FlexibleStringExpander.expandString call and, through a runtime-assembled Groovy interpolation, unsandboxed code execution. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade Apache OFBiz to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Apache OFBiz (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 24.09.08
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Apache OFBiz — lists.apache.org/thread.html/7b2syzksp7klt9fvhdg0olldvs2g83…
46 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 39 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85437 Code injection in Apache OFBiz lets unauthenticated attackers run codePriority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2026-85431 Authentication bypass in Apache OFBiz through reusable login keysPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-85438 Incorrect authorization in Apache OFBiz lets attackers run commandsPriority MEDIUM 42
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82910
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-gp8q-qfv7-5mrr
- 2026-11-05 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More Apache vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18529 Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-30292 Apache OFBiz: Confused controller-view authorization logic (forced browsing) KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26062 Apache OFBiz: Unauthenticated endpoint could allow execution of screen rendering code KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-21190 Apache OFBiz: Path traversal leading to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18186 Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-25106 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache ActiveMQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-82910 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82910 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gp8q-qfv7-5mrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-82910 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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