Arvados is an open source platform for managing, processing, and sharing genomic and other large scientific and biomedical data. A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Arvados Workbench allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted JSON payloads. This exists in all versions up to 2.4.1 and is fixed in 2.4.2. This vulnerability is specific to the Ruby on Rails Workbench application (“Workbench 1”). We do not believe any other Arvados components, including the TypesScript browser-based Workbench application (“Workbench 2”) or API Server, are vulnerable to this attack. For versions of Arvados earlier than 2.4.2: remove the Ruby-based "Workbench 1" app ("apt-get remove arvados-workbench") from your installation as a workaround.
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/arvados/arvados/security/advisories/GHSA-8867-q4xf-cqgm | third party advisory |
| https://arvados.org/release-notes/2.4.2/ | vendor advisory |
| https://dev.arvados.org/issues/19316 | vendor advisory issue tracking |