CVE-2018-14669 — ClickHouse MySQL client before versions 1

ClickHouse MySQL client before versions 1.1.54390 had "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE" functionality enabled that allowed a malicious MySQL database read arbitrary files from the connected ClickHouse server.

01What is this vulnerability?

ClickHouse MySQL client before versions 1.1.54390 had "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE" functionality enabled that allowed a malicious MySQL database read arbitrary files from the connected ClickHouse server.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / ClickHouse	All versions prior to version 1.1.54390.

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: 2019-08-15T17:39:30.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:38:12.908Z

09References

• clickhouse.yandex — https://clickhouse.yandex/docs/en/security_changelog/