A critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-56325, in Apache Pinot has been disclosed with a CVSS score of 9.8 for allowing authentication bypass. Organizations utilizing Apache Pinot prior to version 1.3.0 are at risk of unauthorized data access, record injection, or service disruption. This flaw affects real-time analytics dashboards, financial monitoring, and IoT data processing. Given the remote exploitability and impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, immediate system upgrades and auditing for suspicious access patterns are imperative. This vulnerability emphasizes the need for robust defense strategies and software composition analysis tools in handling authentication in distributed systems.
Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/apache-pinot-vulnerability-let-remote-attackers/
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"id": "the659030725",
"linkid": "the-apache-software-foundation",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "3/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': ['Technology', 'Finance', 'IoT'],
'name': 'Apache Pinot users',
'type': 'Organizations'}],
'attack_vector': 'Authentication Bypass',
'description': 'A critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-56325, in Apache Pinot has '
'been disclosed with a CVSS score of 9.8 for allowing '
'authentication bypass. Organizations utilizing Apache Pinot '
'prior to version 1.3.0 are at risk of unauthorized data '
'access, record injection, or service disruption. This flaw '
'affects real-time analytics dashboards, financial monitoring, '
'and IoT data processing. Given the remote exploitability and '
'impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, '
'immediate system upgrades and auditing for suspicious access '
'patterns are imperative. This vulnerability emphasizes the '
'need for robust defense strategies and software composition '
'analysis tools in handling authentication in distributed '
'systems.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': ['Real-time analytics dashboards',
'Financial monitoring',
'IoT data processing']},
'lessons_learned': 'The need for robust defense strategies and software '
'composition analysis tools in handling authentication in '
'distributed systems.',
'recommendations': ['Immediate system upgrades',
'Auditing for suspicious access patterns'],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Immediate system upgrades',
'Auditing for suspicious access '
'patterns']},
'title': 'Critical Vulnerability in Apache Pinot (CVE-2024-56325)',
'type': 'Vulnerability Exploit',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'CVE-2024-56325'}