CVE-2019-12409
The 8.1.1 and 8.2.0 releases of Apache Solr contain an insecure setting for the ENABLE_REMOTE_JMX_OPTS configuration option in the default solr.in.sh configuration file shipping with Solr.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The 8.1.1 and 8.2.0 releases of Apache Solr contain an insecure setting for the ENABLE_REMOTE_JMX_OPTS configuration option in the default solr.in.sh configuration file shipping with Solr. If you use the default solr.in.sh file from the affected releases, then JMX monitoring will be enabled and exposed on RMI_PORT (default=18983), without any authentication. If this port is opened for inbound traffic in your firewall, then anyone with network access to your Solr nodes will be able to access JMX, which may in turn allow them to upload malicious code for execution on the Solr server.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 21.45% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- apache/solr
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 21.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-12409-RCE%20Vulnerability%20Due%20to%20Bad%20Defalut%20Config-Apache%20SolrExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/47e112035b4aa67ece3b75dbcd1b9c9212895b9dfe2a71f6f7c174e2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6640c7e370fce2b74e466a605a46244ccc40666ad9e3064a4e04a85d%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/925cdb49ceae78baddb45da7beb9b4d2b1ddc4a8e318c65e91fb4e87%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a044eae4f6f5b0160ece5bf9cc4c0dad90ce7dd9bb210a9dc50b54be%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ce7c0b456b15f6c7518adefa54ec948fed6de8e951a2584500c1e541%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23720587?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-12409-RCE%20Vulnerability%20Due%20to%20Bad%20Defalut%20Config-Apache%20SolrExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/47e112035b4aa67ece3b75dbcd1b9c9212895b9dfe2a71f6f7c174e2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6640c7e370fce2b74e466a605a46244ccc40666ad9e3064a4e04a85d%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/925cdb49ceae78baddb45da7beb9b4d2b1ddc4a8e318c65e91fb4e87%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a044eae4f6f5b0160ece5bf9cc4c0dad90ce7dd9bb210a9dc50b54be%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ce7c0b456b15f6c7518adefa54ec948fed6de8e951a2584500c1e541%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23720587?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.