# CVE-2024-45537: Apache Druid: Users can provide MySQL JDBC properties not on allow list

- Also known as: GHSA-JH66-3545-VPM7
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 30.0.1
- Published: 2024-09-17 · Updated: 2025-03-14

## Affected

- org.apache.druid.extensions:druid-lookups-cached-global: through 30.0.0
- org.apache.druid:druid (Maven): fixed in 30.0.1

## Description

Apache Druid allows users with certain permissions to read data from other database systems using JDBC. This functionality allows trusted users to set up Druid lookups or run ingestion tasks. Druid also allows administrators to configure a list of allowed properties that users are able to provide for their JDBC connections. By default, this allowed properties list restricts users to TLS-related properties only. However, when configuration a MySQL JDBC connection, users can use a particularly-crafted JDBC connection string to provide properties that are not on this allow list. Users without the permission to configure JDBC connections are not able to exploit this vulnerability. CVE-2021-26919 describes a similar vulnerability which was partially addressed in Apache Druid 0.20.2. This issue is fixed in Apache Druid 30.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.apache.druid.extensions:druid-lookups-cached-global, org.apache.druid:druid, upgrade to a fixed version (30.0.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/2ovx1t77y6tlkhk5b42clp4vwo4c8cjv

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