CVE-2023-25561 — DataHub is an open-source metadata platform

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In the event a system is using Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication and that system is given a configuration which contains an error, the authentication for the system will fail open and allow an attacker

01What is this vulnerability?

DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In the event a system is using Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication and that system is given a configuration which contains an error, the authentication for the system will fail open and allow an attacker to login using any username and password. The reason for this is that while an error is thrown in the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
datahub-project	datahub	< 0.8.45

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: 2023-02-10T22:03:02.527Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-10T21:13:40.029Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/datahub-project/datahub/security/advisories/GHSA-7wc6-p6c4-52…
• github.com — https://github.com/datahub-project/datahub/blob/fdf4e48495f083314f59c414bcc7c260…