CVE-2026-91048Apache Karaf: Missing authorization on the jdbc:* shell command scope allows privilege escalation to remote code execution via jdbc:ds-create
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, higher than 44% of scored CVEs.
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The jdbc shell command scope shipped no org.apache.karaf.command.acl.jdbc.cfg. Karaf's command guard (SecuredSessionFactoryImpl) treats a command with no matching ACL rule as allowed, so any authenticated shell session (including one holding only the viewer role) could run every jdbc:* command. jdbc:ds-create stores a fully attacker-controlled JDBC URL into a pax-jdbc-config factory Configuration with no validation. pax-jdbc-config reactively turns that into a live DataSource. Several JDBC drivers run code or SQL at connection time based on URL parameters (e.g. H2 INIT=RUNSCRIPT), so a viewer-level shell user could reach arbitrary code execution, bypassing the admin-role gate that already protects shell:exec. This is a privilege-escalation-to-RCE chain, not merely an "admin misconfiguration". The same applies to jms:* shell commands.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.54% (percentile 44)
- Assigned by
- apache
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation Apache Karaf apache_software_foundation:apache_karaf (from the name) | before 4.4.12 | CNA record |
apache karaf apache:karaf | before 4.4.12 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/ph3867mxh2tft75w0o1hpn10f5mbmw32vendor-advisory, mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/28/9mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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