CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-28255

CRITICALEPSS 99th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. The `JwtFilter` handles the API authentication by requiring and verifying JWT tokens. When a new request comes in, the request's path is checked against this list. When the request's path contains any of the excluded endpoints the filter returns without validating the JWT. Unfortunately, an attacker may use Path Parameters to make any path contain any arbitrary strings. For example, a request to `GET /api/v1;v1%2fusers%2flogin/events/subscriptions/validation/condition/111` will match the excluded endpoint condition and therefore will be processed with no JWT validation allowing an attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism and reach any arbitrary endpoint, including the ones listed above that lead to arbitrary SpEL expression injection. This bypass will not work when the endpoint uses the `SecurityContext.getUserPrincipal()` since it will return `null` and will throw an NPE. This issue may lead to authentication bypass and has been addressed in version 1.2.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-237`.

How to fix

Remediation Available
openmetadataNVD
Affected:< 1.2.4Fixed in:1.2.4CVE-2024-28255derived from NVD

TridentStack Control can deploy fixes like this automatically across your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet. See how it works

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

73.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2023-35082Critical9.8100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2023-35078Critical9.8100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2017-7921Critical9.8100%KEV-
CVE-2024-7593Critical9.8100%KEV-
CVE-2023-46805High8.2100%KEV + Ransom-
CVE-2022-40684Critical9.8100%KEV + RansomFix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-28255?

Upgrade openmetadata to 1.2.4 or later.

Is CVE-2024-28255 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-28255 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 73.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-28255?

CVE-2024-28255 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-28255 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for openmetadata (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2024-28255
CVE-2024-28255 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2024-28255](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-28255.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-28255)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-28255"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-28255.svg" alt="CVE-2024-28255"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

See how it worksStart freeThis CVE lookup is free and always will be.

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-04.