Vulnerability in com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client (CVE-2024-23689)
Summary
Vulnerability in com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client (CVE-2024-23689). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via sslkey. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.4.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
As initially reported in issue #1331, when client certificate authentication is enabled with password protection, the password (referred to as the client option sslkey) may be exposed in client exceptions (e.g., ClickHouseException or SQLException). This vulnerability can potentially lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and violations of user privacy.
Details
During the handling of ClickHouseException, the client certificate password may be inadvertently exposed when sslkey is specified. This issue can arise when an exception is thrown during the execution of a query or a database operation. The client certificate password is then included in the exception message, which could be logged or exposed to unauthorized parties.
Impact
This vulnerability enables an attacker with access to client exception error messages or logs to obtain client certificate passwords, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information, data manipulation, and denial of service attacks. The extent of the risk depends on the specific implementation and usage of the affected systems. However, any exposure of client certificate passwords should be treated as a high-priority security concern.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-23689 has been found in com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like sslkey over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client to 0.4.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client CVE-2024-23689" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-23689 (com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client) — CWE-209 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: local
Attack surface: sslkey
Patched: 0.4.6 — 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-209) exists in com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via sslkey.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client. Attack surface: sslkey.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 0.4.6.
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 com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client 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 com.clickhouse:clickhouse-client to 0.4.6ステージング環境で 0.4.6 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 github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
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- web github.com
- web github.com
- web vulncheck.com