Vulnerability in Galaxy Project Galaxy (CVE-2018-1000516)

Summary

Vulnerability in Galaxy Project Galaxy (CVE-2018-1000516). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 14.10.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in Many templates used in the Galaxy server did not properly sanitize user's input, which would allow for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. In this form of attack, a malicious person can create a URL which, when opened by a Galaxy user or administrator, would allow the malicious user to execute arbitrary Javascript. that can result in Arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must interact with component on page witch contains injected JavaScript code.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v14.10.1, v15.01.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-1000516 has been found in Galaxy Project Galaxy.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Galaxy Project Galaxy to 14.10.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Galaxy Project Galaxy CVE-2018-1000516" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2018-1000516 (Galaxy Project Galaxy)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 14.10.1 — 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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Galaxy Project Galaxy.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Galaxy Project Galaxy.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 14.10.1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

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

1
Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Galaxy Project Galaxy を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
2
Apply patch patch
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Upgrade Galaxy Project Galaxy to 14.10.1
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ステージング環境で 14.10.1 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。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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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。

References

advisory galaxyproject.org