# CVE-2023-25570: Apollo has potential access control security issue in eureka

- Also known as: GHSA-368X-WMMG-HQ5C
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.0
- Published: 2023-02-20 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- apolloconfig apollo: fixed in 2.1.0
- com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo (Maven): fixed in 2.1.0

## Description

Apollo is a configuration management system. Prior to version 2.1.0, there are potential security issues if users expose apollo-configservice to the internet, which is not recommended. This is because there is no authentication feature enabled for the built-in eureka service. Malicious hackers may access eureka directly to mock apollo-configservice and apollo-adminservice. Login authentication for eureka was added in version 2.1.0. As a workaround, avoid exposing apollo-configservice to the internet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apolloconfig apollo, com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/security/advisories/GHSA-368x-wmmg-hq5c
- https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/4663
- https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/commit/7df79bf8df6960433ed4ff782a54e3dfc74632bd
- https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/releases/tag/v2.1.0

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