Authenticated code execution via unrestricted Oj.load deserialization
Published Aug 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Insecure deserialization in Arvados Workbench 1 before 2.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via JSON filters. The search endpoint passes its user-controlled filters parameter to Oj.load without a restrictive mode, permitting construction of arbitrary Ruby objects and gadget-chain execution. A valid session and CSRF token are required, and successful exploitation runs code with the Workbench service's host privileges.
Summary
What happened
Insecure deserialization in Arvados Workbench 1 before 2.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via JSON filters. The search endpoint passes its user-controlled filters parameter to Oj.load without a restrictive mode, permitting construction of arbitrary Ruby objects and gadget-chain execution. A valid session and CSRF token are required, and successful exploitation runs code with the Workbench service's host privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36006
- Published
- Aug 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Arvados
- Product
- Arvados
- Classifications
- CWE-94, CWE-502, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.4.2
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- GitHub Security Lab Ruby 2.x Oj.load gadget-chain proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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