How severe is CVE-2024-27348?

CVE-2024-27348 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 99.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2024-27348: Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apache HugeGraph-Server Improper Access Control Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-09-18

Remediation due

2024-10-09

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://lists.apache.org/thread/nx6g6htyhpgtzsocybm242781o8w5kq9 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27348

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 15, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2024-27348 to the KEV catalog 149 days after its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2024 is 21.5 days.
It is one of 41 Apache entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 5 added in 2024.
Its current EPSS score (99.2%) is higher than that of 87% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Software Foundation Apache HugeGraph-Server	1.0.0 to <1.3.0

References

4 Links

Vendor advisories

https://lists.apache.org/thread/nx6g6htyhpgtzsocybm242781o8w5kq9

Other references

Record Details

Published

2024-04-22

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apache

Credited to

6right of moresec

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