Remote code execution via unsafe JDBC options
Published Apr 9, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Code injection in Apache Zeppelin before 0.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute code through a malicious MySQL JDBC URL. The JDBCInterpreter passes attacker-controlled connection properties to the MySQL driver without rejecting dangerous options such as autoDeserialize or allowLoadLocalInfile. Exposure requires a MySQL JDBC driver and access to interpreter configuration; Apache states that authentication must be enabled when Zeppelin is exposed beyond a secure network.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Apache Zeppelin before 0.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute code through a malicious MySQL JDBC URL. The JDBCInterpreter passes attacker-controlled connection properties to the MySQL driver without rejecting dangerous options such as autoDeserialize or allowLoadLocalInfile. Exposure requires a MySQL JDBC driver and access to interpreter configuration; Apache states that authentication must be enabled when Zeppelin is exposed beyond a secure network.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-31864
- Published
- Apr 9, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Zeppelin
- Classifications
- CWE-94, CAPEC-35, CAPEC-77, CAPEC-242, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.11.1
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