CVE-2025-32896 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Missing Authentication vulnerability in org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server. A fix is available for org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Apache SeaTunnel: Unauthenticated insecure access
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-32896.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2025-32896 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server☕org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-commonReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
Unauthorized users can perform Arbitrary File Read and Deserialization attack by submit job using restful api-v1.
Details
Unauthorized users can access /hazelcast/rest/maps/submit-job to submit
job.
An attacker can set extra params in mysql url to perform Arbitrary File
Read and Deserialization attack.
This issue affects Apache SeaTunnel: <=2.3.10
Fixed
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.3.11, and enable restful api-v2 & open https two-way authentication , which fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server | all versions | 2.3.11org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server:2.3.11 |
| ☕Maven | org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-common | all versions | 2.3.11org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-common:2.3.11 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.apache.seatunnel:seatunnel-engine-server to 2.3.11 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-32896 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2025-32896 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2025-32896. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-32896 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2025-32896 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.