Alluxio vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2023-38889 · GHSA-xrrh-h86w-pwfj · Published 15/08/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-38889 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.alluxio:alluxio-parent, alluxio (alluxio).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.alluxio:alluxio-parent Maven	`≤ 2.9.3`	No fix yet
alluxio alluxio	`≤ 2.9.3`	No fix yet

Description

An issue in Alluxio v.2.9.3 and before allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the username parameter of lluxio.util.CommonUtils.getUnixGroups(java.lang.String).

NVD description

An issue in Alluxio v.2.9.3 and before allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the username parameter of lluxio.util.CommonUtils.getUnixGroups(java.lang.String).

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38889 · ADVISORY
Alluxio/alluxio · WEB
Alluxio/alluxio · PACKAGE

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