GHSA-9qj3-8pcf-3r59
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain access to in-house network segment
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DeliverySend crafted unauthenticated broadcast message
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ExploitBypass authentication on broadcast handler
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ExecutionInject or process malicious metadata
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ImpactImpact Kylin metadata integrity/confidentiality
Vulnerability Assessment
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network reachability to the Apache Kylin broadcast/metadata-processing endpoint. Per the vendor, impact is largely confined to the in-house (cluster/internal) network, so the attacker generally needs an existing foothold on that internal network segment; the high-impact scenario requires the non-default and 'not common' condition of a Kylin service being directly exposed to the public network. Affected deployments are limited to Apache Kylin 4.0.4 through 5.0.4; instances upgraded to 5.0.5 or configured so that Kylin is not internet-exposed are the primary limiting factors reducing realistic risk. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity authentication bypass (Apache JIRA KYLIN-6107, 'Potential unauthenticated broadcast processing issue') with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing. Critically, no CVSS vector, EPSS score, or SSVC decision data was provided - CVSS is explicitly 'N/A' in the input - so the quantitative exploitation-probability signals that normally drive prioritization are entirely absent and cannot be compared or contrasted. The only authoritative severity signal is the ASF's own 'moderate' rating. The vendor description substantially tempers the raw risk: real impact is confined to Kylin services directly exposed to the public network, which the advisory states 'is not common,' and 'In-house kylin deployments are mostly not impacted.' The vulnerability class (an unauthenticated node-to-node metadata broadcast within the in-house/cluster network) suggests exposure to attackers who already hold a foothold on the internal network rather than widespread internet-facing exploitation. Net assessment: this is a genuine authentication-bypass bug worth patching, but it is a low-to-moderate real-world priority for typical internal deployments and only elevates to a meaningful concern where a Kylin instance is misconfigured to face the public internet. Key missing data (CVSS vector, EPSS, POC status, SSVC) should be treated as unknown, not favorable. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker positioned on the same in-house network as an Apache Kylin cluster (4.0.4 through 5.0.4) sends a crafted metadata broadcast message that the service processes without authenticating the sender, bypassing intended access controls. In the uncommon case where the Kylin service is directly exposed to the public network, a remote attacker could reach this broadcast handler directly; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026
Unauthenticated metadata broadcast processing in Apache Kylin 4.0.4 through 5.0.4 allows remote attackers who can reach the affected broadcast/metadata-processing endpoint to bypass authentication and have limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the service. Per the vendor's own advisory, the exposure is largely confined to the in-house (cluster/internal) network, so the realistic high-impact scenario requires the non-default and explicitly "not common" condition of a Kylin service being directly reachable from the public network; Kylin deployments upgraded to 5.0.5 or kept off the internet are the primary limiting factors. This is a moderate-severity issue (assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, i.e. unauthenticated, no user interaction, low confidentiality and integrity impact) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing; the flaw is tracked upstream as KYLIN-6107.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Apache Kylin 5.0.5, which is the fix version recorded in KYLIN-6107 and the version the vendor recommends all users upgrade to from any 4.0.4-5.0.4 installation; see https://kylin.apache.org/ and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KYLIN-6107 for the official guidance. Because the flaw is an authentication bypass on the broadcast/metadata-processing path, the most effective compensating control where immediate upgrade is not possible is to ensure Kylin is never directly exposed to the public network - bind the Kylin service and its cluster/broadcast ports to internal interfaces only and place them behind a firewall or security group that permits traffic solely from known Kylin cluster peers and trusted administrators (trade-off: this restricts legitimate multi-segment or hybrid-cloud cluster topologies and must be validated against the deployment's node inventory). Additionally, restrict and monitor access to the broadcast/metadata-processing endpoints via network segmentation or an authenticating reverse proxy, and treat any Kylin instance reachable from the internet as high priority for upgrade (trade-off: a proxy adds latency and configuration complexity and may not fully cover non-HTTP cluster protocols). Organizations should also verify that no Kylin management or modeling UI is internet-facing, since both the metadata broadcast surface and the web UI represent the exposure path described by the vendor.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Apache Kylin is a distributed OLAP/analytics engine that pre-computes multi-dimensional cubes and supports large-scale, high-concurrency SQL query workloads, typically deployed as a cluster interacting with Hadoop/Spark-style storage and a web UI for modeling. The reported weakness is an authentication bypass in the handling of broadcast and metadata-processing traffic: per the oss-security advisory and the linked KYLIN-6107 tracker ("Potential unauthenticated broadcast processing issue", resolved as Fixed), a request reaching the broadcast processing path is accepted without proper authentication, allowing an unauthenticated peer on the reachable network to induce metadata broadcast processing. No CWE identifier was assigned in the available data, but the vulnerability class is an authentication-bypass/missing-authentication weakness against a critical service function rather than an injection or memory-safety bug, which is consistent with the assessed vector's low confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability impact. Because the affected interface is an internal cluster coordination/broadcast surface rather than the public query API, the vendor characterizes impact as limited to Kylin services directly exposed to the public network; the practical attack surface is therefore the internal network segment where Kylin nodes communicate. The affected component is distributed with Apache Kylin itself, and no separate upstream third-party library is implicated in the supplied data.
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Severity by source
Authentication bypass on a network-reachable broadcast handler gives AV:N/PR:N/UI:N; metadata processing yields limited confidentiality/integrity impact (C:L/I:L), with no clear availability impact.
Description PRE-NVD
Executive ViewAI
Apache Kylin deployments running versions 4.0.4 through 5.0.4 are exposed to an unauthenticated metadata broadcast processing weakness that could allow limited unauthorized access to service metadata and limited data integrity impact. The primary organizational concern is for any Kylin cluster reachable from the public internet or untrusted networks, because internal-only deployments are much less likely to be successfully targeted and no public exploit has been identified. Leadership should prioritize confirming external exposure and isolating affected clusters while a vendor fix is pending.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim mitigations include isolating Apache Kylin 4.0.4 through 5.0.4 clusters from public and untrusted networks, blocking the broadcast/metadata-processing endpoint at the perimeter, restricting access to trusted internal networks, enforcing authentication or allowlisting at a reverse proxy or API gateway, deploying WAF rules, monitoring logs for unauthorized metadata changes, and disabling unused metadata broadcast features if operationally feasible.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-103153
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