Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
OpenMetadata's openmetadata-service Maven package, versions before 1.3.1, is vulnerable to SpEL injection through the PUT /api/v1/policies endpoint. An authenticated user who sends a crafted policy expression can execute arbitrary system commands on the server, which is remote code execution. Upgrade to version 1.3.1 or later; the source gives no workaround.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | Critical | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.13, the 96th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr
- OSV: GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-7vf4-x5m2-r6gr
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28253
- codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/java/java-spel-expression-injection
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java#L693
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java#L219
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/b6b337e09a05101506a5faba4b45d370cc3c9fc8/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/policies/PolicyResource.java#L365
- github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/PolicyRepository.java#L113
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-235_GHSL-2023-237_Open_Metadata