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CVE-2024-28848

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-28848 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting OpenMetadata versions prior to 1.2.4. It allows authenticated, non-admin users to execute arbitrary system commands due to improper handling of SpEL expressions in the /api/v1/policies/validation/condition/ endpoint. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is listed, the vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with reports of Kubernetes cryptomining attacks, and has garnered significant community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open-metadata:openmetadata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0789 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.open-metadata:openmetadata-serviceFixed in: 1.2.4
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-5xv3-fm7g-865rhigh

OpenMetadata vulnerable to a SpEL Injection in `GET /api/v1/policies/validation/condition/<expr>` (`GHSL-2023-236`)

Apr 24, 2024

References

codeql.github.com / codeql-query-help/java/java-spel-expression-injection
Not Applicable
github.com / open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/policyevaluator/CompiledRule.java
Product
github.com / open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/policyevaluator/CompiledRule.java
Product
github.com / open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-5xv3-fm7g-865r
Vendor Advisory