Authentication Bypass in org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources (CVE-2015-1778)
Summary
Authentication bypass in org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources (CVE-2015-1778). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2015-1778 has been found in org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources to 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources CVE-2015-1778" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-1778 (org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 0.2.3-Helium-SR3.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources to 0.2.3-Helium-SR3ステージング環境で 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory cloudrouter.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com/opendaylight/odlparent
- patch wiki.opendaylight.org
- web openwall.com
- web web.archive.org
- web web.archive.org
- web github.com