Hippo4j privilege escalation issue

published 2023-03-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fvx4-8h2x-gm9q , EUVD-2023-1004

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue found in OpenGoofy Hippo4j v.1.4.3 allows attackers to escalate privileges via the ThreadPoolController of the tenant Management module.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-26)

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	cn.hippo4j:hippo4j-all	<=1.4.3	no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com /opengoofy/hippo4j/issues/1059
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27094
advisory
github.com /opengoofy/hippo4j
package
github.com /opengoofy/hippo4j/blob/develop/hippo4j-server/hippo4j-console/src/main/java/cn/hippo4j/console/controller/Thr
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary