GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f — islandora/crayfish
GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f is a remote code execution vulnerability in islandora/crayfish. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Crayfish Allows Remote Code Execution via hypercube X-Islandora-Args Header
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?
Remote code execution is possible in web-accessible installations of hypercube.
Patches
Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?
Not yet, though no patch is neccessary if your installation of the microservices is behind a firewall. See below.
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?
The exploit requires making a request against Hypercube's endpoints; therefore, the ability to make use of the exploit is much reduced if the microservice is not directly accessible from the Internet, so: Prevent general access from the Internet from hitting Hypercube. Furthermore, if you've used any of the official installation methods, your Crayfish will be behind a firewall and there is no work neccessary.
The webserver might be made to validate the structure of headers passed, but that would only be neccessary if you publicly exposed the endpoint. Standard security practices should be applied.
References
Are there any links users can visit to find out more?
- XBOW-024-074
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | islandora/crayfish | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for islandora/crayfish, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of islandora/crayfish has shipped for GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
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 GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-c2p2-hgjg-9r3f across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.