# Apache Solr: Backup/Restore APIs allow for deployment of executables in malicious ConfigSets

Advisory record · `GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw` · `BIT-solr-2023-50386` · `CVE-2023-50386`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 7+ and EPSS
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-434](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html) · [CWE-913](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/913.html)
- **Tags:** [Unrestricted file upload](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/file-upload.md) · [CWE-913](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-913.md)
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Feb 2024, 18:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 8.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.84 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `org.apache.solr:solr-core` (Maven): affected `>=6.0.0, <8.11.3 || >=9.0.0, <9.4.1`; fixed in `8.11.3`, `9.4.1`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Apache Solr versions 6.0.0 through 8.11.2 and 9.0.0 before 9.4.1 are vulnerable. Solr ConfigSets accepted uploaded Java jar and class files, and when a collection was backed up to a directory on Solr's classpath, those files could be loaded for any ConfigSet. With authorization enabled, the impact is limited to users who already hold Backup permissions and can add libraries; the source does not say what an attacker can do without authorization. Upgrade to Solr 8.11.3 or 9.4.1, which fix the issue.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.84, the 99th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw)
- [OSV: GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50386>
- <https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/commit/6c8f24eb9e3fe1cb19058173f2e221de3febfeda>
- <https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/commit/7e9a2e67f812032a049836c3aa0b18bf5cd717f9>
- <https://github.com/apache/solr/commit/644dd3a6d6780d71030f7070754d2f3adce22859>
- <https://github.com/apache/solr/commit/c79011e81dada2f9bc4b4df32ffb32152ef81152>
- <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-16949>
- <https://solr.apache.org/security.html#cve-2023-50386-apache-solr-backuprestore-apis-allow-for-deployment-of-executables-in-malicious-configsets>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/09/1>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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