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GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw

GitHub Security Advisory

Apache Solr: Backup/Restore APIs allow for deployment of executables in malicious ConfigSets

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerability in Apache Solr.This issue affects Apache Solr from 6.0.0 through 8.11.2, from 9.0.0 before 9.4.1.

In the affected versions, Solr ConfigSets accepted Java jar and class files to be uploaded through the ConfigSets API.
When backing up Solr Collections, these configSet files would be saved to disk when using the LocalFileSystemRepository (the default for backups).
If the backup was saved to a directory that Solr uses in its ClassPath/ClassLoaders, then the jar and class files would be available to use with any ConfigSet, trusted or untrusted.

When Solr is run in a secure way (Authorization enabled), as is strongly suggested, this vulnerability is limited to extending the Backup permissions with the ability to add libraries.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.11.3 or 9.4.1, which fix the issue.
In these versions, the following protections have been added:

* Users are no longer able to upload files to a configSet that could be executed via a Java ClassLoader.
* The Backup API restricts saving backups to directories that are used in the ClassLoader.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.solr:solr-core
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 8.11.3)
Maven org.apache.solr:solr-core
Affected versions: 9.0.0 (fixed in 9.4.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-37vr-vmg4-jwpw
Published
February 9, 2024 6:31 PM
Last Modified
February 13, 2025 7:14 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.apache.solr:solr-core
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

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