CVE-2019-15897 — beegfs-ctl in ThinkParQ BeeGFS through 7

beegfs-ctl in ThinkParQ BeeGFS through 7.1.3 allows Authentication Bypass via communication with a BeeGFS metadata server (which is typically not exposed to external networks).

01What is this vulnerability?

beegfs-ctl in ThinkParQ BeeGFS through 7.1.3 allows Authentication Bypass via communication with a BeeGFS metadata server (which is typically not exposed to external networks).

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: 2019-12-05T15:31:43.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:03:31.453Z

09References

• www.hpcsec.com — https://www.hpcsec.com/2019/12/04/cve-2019-15897/
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/7
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155573/BeeGFS-7.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.ht…