Remote code execution via JDBC URL JNDI injection
Published Mar 19, 2025 · Updated Aug 27, 2025
JNDI injection in Exasol JDBC Driver before 24.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute code through a crafted JDBC connection URL. The URL parser accepts attacker-controlled kerberosgssconfig values and passes them into JAAS/JNDI processing instead of preserving that configuration as trusted-only data. Execution requires an application or user to initiate a connection with the crafted URL, after which code runs in the consuming JVM.
Summary
What happened
JNDI injection in Exasol JDBC Driver before 24.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute code through a crafted JDBC connection URL. The URL parser accepts attacker-controlled kerberosgssconfig values and passes them into JAAS/JNDI processing instead of preserving that configuration as trusted-only data. Execution requires an application or user to initiate a connection with the crafted URL, after which code runs in the consuming JVM.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-55551
- Published
- Mar 19, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Exasol
- Product
- Exasol JDBC Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-471, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <24.2.1
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