Apache ShenYu Admin ultra vires

published 2023-02-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vf8h-2wwj-jq22 , EUVD-2023-0797

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache ShenYu.

ShenYu Admin allows low-privilege low-level administrators create users with higher privileges than their own.

This issue affects Apache ShenYu: 2.5.0.

Upgrade to Apache ShenYu 2.5.1 or apply patch https://github.com/apache/shenyu/pull/3958 https://github.com/apache/shenyu/pull/3958 .

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven org.apache.shenyu:shenyu-admin 2.5.1

github.com/apache/shenyu#3958 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-19)

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% 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	org.apache.shenyu:shenyu-admin	<2.5.1	2.5.1

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache ShenYu

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com /apache/shenyu/pull/3958
web
lists.apache.org /thread/2k8764jmckmc19qc8x51nlnngq71pcf7
vendor-advisory, web, mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42735
advisory
github.com /apache/shenyu
package

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