Fix privilege escalation exploit

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 24717
Type Bug
Status Resolved
Affected Versions Exasol 8.0.0
Fix Versions Exasol 8.29.11, Exasol 2025.1.1
Resolution Date 2025-07-16

Description

Possible privilege escalation allowed authenticated users with administration privileges to run arbitrary shell commands as root user.

Workaround

There are no mitigations.

Fix

Malicious users may no longer run arbitrary commands as root.