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high 7.5

CVE-2023-50291 json

Apache Solr: System Property redaction logic inconsistency can lead to leaked passwords

published 2024-02-09 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-solr-2023-50291 , EUVD-2024-0488 , GHSA-3hwc-rqwp-v36q

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Apache Solr.

This issue affects Apache Solr: from 6.0.0 through 8.11.2, from 9.0.0 before 9.3.0. One of the two endpoints that publishes the Solr process' Java system properties, /admin/info/properties, was only setup to hide system properties that had "password" contained in the name. There are a number of sensitive system properties, such as "basicauth" and "aws.secretKey" do not contain "password", thus their values were published via the "/admin/info/properties" endpoint. This endpoint populates the list of System Properties on the home screen of the Solr Admin page, making the exposed credentials visible in the UI.

This /admin/info/properties endpoint is protected under the "config-read" permission. Therefore, Solr Clouds with Authorization enabled will only be vulnerable through logged-in users that have the "config-read" permission. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.3.0 or 8.11.3, which fixes the issue. A single option now controls hiding Java system property for all endpoints, "-Dsolr.hiddenSysProps". By default all known sensitive properties are hidden (including "-Dbasicauth"), as well as any property with a name containing "secret" or "password".

Users who cannot upgrade can also use the following Java system property to fix the issue:   '-Dsolr.redaction.system.pattern=.*(password|secret|basicauth).*'

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.solr:solr-core 8.11.3, 9.3.0
  • bitnami solr 8.11.3, 9.3.0
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Solr 9.3.0
  • lucene-solr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.2+dfsg-23

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50291

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-2023-50291 updated cvss 6.5

solr: system property redaction logic inconsistency can lead to leaked passwords

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 solr solr
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 solr solr
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 solr solr Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 camel-solr camel-solr Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 solr solr
    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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.solr:solr-core
>=6.0.0, <8.11.3
>=9.0.0, <9.3.0
8.11.3
9.3.0
bitnami solr
>=6.0.0, <8.11.3
>=9.0.0, <9.3.0
8.11.3
9.3.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Solr

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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