Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Apache DolphinScheduler before 1.3.2 had a broken permission check that let a normal authenticated user change another user’s password through the API. In business terms, this could let a low-privileged user take over other accounts, including potentially higher-privileged users, if the vulnerable system is in use.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority for any affected DolphinScheduler deployment. The weakness can undermine account trust across tenants and may enable privilege escalation through account takeover, even though no active exploitation evidence is provided in the bundle.
Technical view
The issue is an API authorization failure in Apache DolphinScheduler prior to 1.3.2. The published description says an ordinary user under any tenant could override another user’s password through the API interface. The CVE maps to CWE-264, but no CVSS score is provided in the supplied sources.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Apache DolphinScheduler deployments running versions before 1.3.2. Risk is higher where the API is reachable by ordinary authenticated users, multi-tenant use is enabled, or user roles are not tightly controlled.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the bundle. Public evidence is sparse, but the described behavior is serious because it could enable authenticated account takeover without needing administrative rights.
Researcher notes
Focus review on API authorization around user password update operations and tenant boundary enforcement. The available public detail is limited to the advisory-level description, so avoid assuming affected endpoints, exploitability prerequisites beyond ordinary authenticated access, or remediation details not stated by Apache/CVE sources.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Apache DolphinScheduler to version 1.3.2 or later.
- Restrict API access to trusted networks until upgrade is complete.
- Review user and tenant permissions for unnecessary ordinary-user access.
- Rotate passwords for accounts that may have been exposed.
- Check Apache advisory guidance for any deployment-specific instructions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory DolphinScheduler versions and identify any instance before 1.3.2.
- Confirm API access paths are not broadly reachable by ordinary users.
- Review audit logs for unexpected password changes or account access.
- Check whether high-privilege accounts had password changes during exposure.
- Validate that upgraded systems enforce proper cross-user password authorization.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.mail-archive.com/announce%40apache.org/msg06076.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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