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CVE-2024-28255

CRITICAL

Authentication Bypass in OpenMetadata

Also known asGHSA-6wx7-qw5p-wh84
Published
Mar 15, 2024
Updated
Apr 10, 2026
Affected
0 pkgs
Patched
None yet
Exploits
4 known

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
93.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Very High Risk100th percentile0.00%
93.4%93.8%94.1%94.5%94.0%93.9%Dec 25Apr 26Jun 26

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Description

OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. The JwtFilter handles the API authentication by requiring and verifying JWT tokens. When a new request comes in, the request's path is checked against this list. When the request's path contains any of the excluded endpoints the filter returns without validating the JWT. Unfortunately, an attacker may use Path Parameters to make any path contain any arbitrary strings. For example, a request to GET /api/v1;v1%2fusers%2flogin/events/subscriptions/validation/condition/111 will match the excluded endpoint condition and therefore will be processed with no JWT validation allowing an attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism and reach any arbitrary endpoint, including the ones listed above that lead to arbitrary SpEL expression injection. This bypass will not work when the endpoint uses the SecurityContext.getUserPrincipal() since it will return null and will throw an NPE. This issue may lead to authentication bypass and has been addressed in version 1.2.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as GHSL-2023-237.

Exploits & PoCs
4

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Frequently Asked Questions

OpenMetadata is a unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. The `JwtFilter` handles the API authentication by requiring and verifying JWT tokens. When a new request comes in, the request's path is checked against this list. When the request's path contains any of the excluded endpoints the filter returns without validating the JWT. Unfortunately, an attacker may use Path Parameters to make any path contain any arbitrary strings. For example, a request to `GET /api/v1;v1%2fusers%2flo
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