CVE-2024-27348Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 18 Sept 2024
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
RCE-Remote Command Execution vulnerability in Apache HugeGraph-Server.This issue affects Apache HugeGraph-Server: from 1.0.0 before 1.3.0 in Java8 & Java11 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.0 with Java11 & enable the Auth system, which fixes the issue.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apache HugeGraph-Server Improper Access Control Vulnerability.
- Added
- 18 Sept 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 9 Oct 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 18 Sept 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache HugeGraph Gremlin RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/apache_hugegraph_gremlin_rceRank excellentdisclosed 22 Apr 2024
Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache HugeGraph-Server - Remote Command Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-27348.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache HugeGraph Server 1.2.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52149webapps, javapublished 9 Apr 2025Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.2% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache HugeGraph-Server
- affected 1.0.0 – < 1.3.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-apiGHSA-29rc-vq7f-x335 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-coreGHSA-29rc-vq7f-x335 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://hugegraph.apache.org/docs/config/config-authentication/#configure-user-authentication (opens in a new tab)relatedx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nx6g6htyhpgtzsocybm242781o8w5kq9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/22/3 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-27348 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-hugegraph-server-cve-2024-27348 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-1059 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-29rc-vq7f-x335 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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