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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2021-36749 json

Apache Druid: The HTTP inputSource allows authenticated users to read data from other sources than intended (incomplete fix of CVE-2021-26920)

published 2021-09-24 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-9p5g-vg43-mj5r , EUVD-2021-2026

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.9%
EPSS 80.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

In the Druid ingestion system, the InputSource is used for reading data from a certain data source. However, the HTTP InputSource allows authenticated users to read data from other sources than intended, such as the local file system, with the privileges of the Druid server process. This is not an elevation of privilege when users access Druid directly, since Druid also provides the Local InputSource, which allows the same level of access. But it is problematic when users interact with Druid indirectly through an application that allows users to specify the HTTP InputSource, but not the Local InputSource. In this case, users could bypass the application-level restriction by passing a file URL to the HTTP InputSource. This issue was previously mentioned as being fixed in 0.21.0 as per CVE-2021-26920 but was not fixed in 0.21.0 or 0.21.1.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.druid:druid-core 0.22.0
  • apache druid 0.22.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-36749 updated cvss 6.5

druid: HTTP InputSource allows authenticated users to read data from other sources (incomplete fix of CVE-2021-26920)

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-metering-hive
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

80.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.druid:druid-core
<0.22.0
0.22.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Druid

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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