CVE-2022-24697

Apache Kylin prior to 4.0.2 allows command injection when the configuration overwrites function overwrites system parameters

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Kylin's cube designer function has a command injection vulnerability when overwriting system parameters in the configuration overwrites menu. RCE can be implemented by closing the single quotation marks around the parameter value of “-- conf=” to inject any operating system command into the command line parameters. This vulnerability affects Kylin 2 version 2.6.5 and earlier, Kylin 3 version 3.1.2 and earlier, and Kylin 4 version 4.0.1 and earlier.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.8

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	Low	No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required	None	No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Unchanged	The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact	High	Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	High	Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	High	Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.84777 (84.8% probability)
Percentile: 99.7%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA assessment as of May 16, 2025

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

Apache Kylin
- affected: Apache Kylin 2 up to before 2.6.6
- affected: Apache Kylin 3 up to 3.1.2
- affected: Apache Kylin 4 up to 4.0.1

References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

lists.apache.org/thread/07mnn9c7o314wrhrwjr10w9j5s82voj4
[oss-security] 20221230 CVE-2022-43396: Apache Kylin: Command injection by Useless configuration (openwall.com)mailing-list

Timeline

ID reservedFeb 9, 2022
Record publishedOct 13, 2022
Record last updatedMay 16, 2025

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