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Apache Kylin EUVDEUVD-2026-104147

| CVE-2026-108823 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach publicly-exposed job service
  2. Exploit
    Access job metadata endpoint
  3. Execution
    Read or replace job metadata
  4. Impact
    Disclose sensitive info / tamper jobs

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the Apache Kylin job service/job-metadata interface to be reachable by the attacker - the vendor explicitly scopes impact as minor 'unless job services are exposed to public network, which is uncommon,' so a non-default network-exposure deployment is the key precondition. The primary limiting factor is this deployment exposure: in standard installations job services sit behind internal network boundaries and are not public-facing, sharply reducing realistic exploitability. Affected only on Apache Kylin 4.0.0 through 5.0.4; 5.0.5 remediates. Authentication requirements are not confirmed from structured CVSS data (none provided); the advisory title suggests unauthenticated access but no PR metric was supplied to verify this.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity information-exposure and metadata-tampering issue (CWE: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) in Apache Kylin, and the available signals point to LOW real-world priority rather than an urgent threat. No CVSS vector, EPSS score, or SSVC decision data was provided in any source (NVD/vendor list it as N/A), so quantitative exploitation-probability and technical-impact scoring cannot be derived from the input - this is a significant data gap. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public proof-of-concept, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The vendor advisory itself downgrades the practical impact: it states the impact is 'minor unless job services are exposed to public network, which is uncommon,' meaning the vulnerable condition depends on a non-default, atypical deployment exposure. The title references 'unauthenticated' access, but because no CVSS vector with a PR metric was supplied, authentication requirements are not confirmed from the structured data and rest only on advisory prose. Net assessment: a genuine but low-urgency issue - the 'moderate' rating, absence of KEV/POC/EPSS, and the vendor's own 'uncommon exposure' caveat all align, so this should be patched on a normal maintenance cycle rather than treated as an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

In an atypical deployment where an Apache Kylin instance's job services are reachable from an untrusted or public network, a remote attacker queries or replaces job metadata without proper authorization, disclosing sensitive job information or substituting attacker-controlled metadata. No public exploit code exists, and exploitation hinges on the job service being network-exposed, which the vendor describes as uncommon.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Metadata tampering and sensitive-information exposure in Apache Kylin 4.0.0 through 5.0.4 let a network-reachable attacker replace job metadata through the job service/job-metadata interface, with the assessed CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) indicating unauthenticated access and low confidentiality and integrity impact. Exploitation is gated by deployment exposure: the vendor explicitly scopes impact as minor unless job services are exposed to the public internet, which it describes as uncommon. The independent assessment rates real-world priority as LOW, and no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing was identified at time of analysis; upgrading to 5.0.5 remediates the issue.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Apache Kylin 5.0.5, the vendor-designated fix referenced by KYLIN-6110 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KYLIN-6110) and described in the oss-security advisory at https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q4/194; additional project information is at https://kylin.apache.org/. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, the most effective compensating control is network isolation of the job service and job-metadata interface: because the vendor states the impact is minor unless job services are exposed to the public internet, ensure these endpoints are not reachable from untrusted networks and are placed behind internal network boundaries or a VPN. The trade-off is that restricting public reachability can disrupt remote administration, CI/CD-driven job submission, or BI tooling that calls these endpoints, so scope the restriction to the job service API rather than the entire Kylin web UI. As additional hardening, enforce authentication and authorization at a reverse proxy or API gateway in front of the job service, restrict it to trusted source addresses, and monitor and alert on unexpected changes to job metadata; these measures add operational overhead and must be kept in sync with legitimate job-management clients. Continue to watch for a vendor-published CVSS vector to confirm the authentication requirements implied by the advisory title.

Affected VersionsENISA

Apache Kylin 4.0.0 ≤5.0.4

Affected Packages

euvd apache_kylin no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Apache Kylin is an open-source distributed OLAP engine and analytical data warehouse that pre-computes multi-dimensional indexes (cubes) for sub-second query performance over large datasets, and exposes a web UI plus REST/job service endpoints for model management, cube builds and job orchestration. The flaw is tracked as KYLIN-6110 and maps to CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor): job manipulation operations do not adequately restrict who may read or replace job metadata, so an actor who can reach the job service interface can alter job metadata and potentially observe sensitive job information. The assessed vector's AC:H metric indicates non-trivial exploitation conditions, and the assessed PR:N metric points to unauthenticated access, although no vendor-supplied CVSS vector was published and the advisory title only implies an unauthenticated scenario. No CPE strings were supplied in the input data, so structured affected-product matching via CPE is unavailable; version-string inventory is required. The root cause class (broken access control on a metadata/job interface) is the educational takeaway: metadata endpoints frequently receive weaker authorization than the primary data plane.

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Severity by source

vuln.today AI 4.8 MEDIUM

Network-reachable job service with no authentication (PR:N) per advisory, but AC:H reflects the required non-default public exposure; limited confidentiality and integrity impact (metadata disclosure/replacement), no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Estimated by vuln.today — no official severity rating has been published for this CVE yet.

Description PRE-NVD

Disclosed via oss-security. NVD scoring and full description are pending.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche big-data OLAP engine used in specialized analytics deployments
Data Quality
1 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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