# CVE-2019-12409: The 8.1.1 and 8.2.0 releases of Apache Solr contain an insecure setting for the ENABLE\_REMOTE\_JMX\_OPTS configuration option in the default s

- Also known as: GHSA-2289-PQFQ-6WX7
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 8.3.0
- Published: 2019-11-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Apache Solr: version range not reported
- org.apache.solr:solr-core (Maven): from 8.1.1, fixed in 8.3.0

## Description

The 8.1.1 and 8.2.0 releases of Apache Solr contain an insecure setting for the ENABLE_REMOTE_JMX_OPTS configuration option in the default solr.in.sh configuration file shipping with Solr. If you use the default solr.in.sh file from the affected releases, then JMX monitoring will be enabled and exposed on RMI_PORT (default=18983), without any authentication. If this port is opened for inbound traffic in your firewall, then anyone with network access to your Solr nodes will be able to access JMX, which may in turn allow them to upload malicious code for execution on the Solr server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Solr, org.apache.solr:solr-core, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6640c7e370fce2b74e466a605a46244ccc40666ad9e3064a4e04a85d%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ce7c0b456b15f6c7518adefa54ec948fed6de8e951a2584500c1e541%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/925cdb49ceae78baddb45da7beb9b4d2b1ddc4a8e318c65e91fb4e87%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a044eae4f6f5b0160ece5bf9cc4c0dad90ce7dd9bb210a9dc50b54be%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/47e112035b4aa67ece3b75dbcd1b9c9212895b9dfe2a71f6f7c174e2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23720587?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-12409-RCE%20Vulnerability%20Due%20to%20Bad%20Defalut%20Config-Apache%20Solr
- https://github.com/jas502n/CVE-2019-12409
- https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2019-12409

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