CVE-2018-10054 — H2 1

H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code execution because CREATE ALIAS can execute arbitrary Java code. NOTE: the vendor's position is "h2 is not designed to be run outside of a secure environment."

01What is this vulnerability?

H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code execution because CREATE ALIAS can execute arbitrary Java code. NOTE: the vendor's position is "h2 is not designed to be run outside of a secure environment."

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:32:00.906Z

09References

• forum.datomic.com — https://forum.datomic.com/t/important-security-update-0-9-5697/379
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44422/
• blog.datomic.com — http://blog.datomic.com/2018/03/important-security-update.html
• mthbernardes.github.io — https://mthbernardes.github.io/rce/2018/03/14/abusing-h2-database-alias.html
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/582d4165de6507b0be82d5a6f9a1ce392ec43a00c9f…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8aaf4ee16bbaf6204731d4770d96ebb34b258cd79b…
• github.com — https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/1225
• github.com — https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3099
• github.com — https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/1808#issuecomment-599203115
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0003/