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GHSA-w48j-pp7j-fj55

CriticalCVSS 9.1 / 10
Published Aug 28, 2025·Last modified Aug 28, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Any admin that can create or modify and execute process-definitions could gain access to sensitive data or resources.

This includes but is not limited to:

  • Running executables on the application host
  • Inspecting and extracting data from the host environment or application properties
  • Spring beans (application context, database pooling)

Attack requirements

The following conditions have to be met in order to perform this attack:

  • The user must be logged in
  • The user must have the admin role (ROLE_ADMIN), which is required to change process definitions
  • The user must have some knowledge about running scripts via a the Camunda/Operator engine

Patches

Version 12.16.0 and 13.1.2 have been patched. It is strongly advised to upgrade.

Workarounds

If no scripting is needed in any of the processes, it could be possible to disable it altogether via the ProcessEngineConfiguration:

@Component
class NoScriptEnginePlugin : ProcessEnginePlugin {
    override fun preInit(processEngineConfiguration: ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl) {}

    override fun postInit(processEngineConfiguration: ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl) {
        processEngineConfiguration.scriptEngineResolver = null
    }

    override fun postProcessEngineBuild(processEngine: ProcessEngine) {}
}

Warning: this workaround could lead to unexpected side-effects. Please test thoroughly.

References

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs high-level or administrative privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
8.3

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.38%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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