AEGLIX vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-42809
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.4 · Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-04 · Updated: 2026-10-26 · Source: NVD
Stored catalog record
Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:19:57.862322+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.
Vulnerability overview
Apache Polaris can issue broad temporary ("vended") storage credentials during staged table creation before the effective table location has been validated or durably reserved. Those temporary credentials are meant to limit the scope of accessible table data and metadata, but this scope limitation becomes attacker- directed because the attacker can choose a reachable target location. In the confirmed variant, if the caller supplies a custom `location` during stage create and requests credential vending, Apache Polaris uses that location to construct delegated storage credentials immediately. The stage-create path itself neither runs the normal location validation nor the overlap checks before those credentials are issued. Closely related to that, the staged-create flow also accepts `write.data.path` / `write.metadata.path` in the request properties and feeds those location overrides into the same effective table location set used for credential vending. Those fields are secondary to the main custom-`location` exploit, but they are still attacker-influenced location inputs that should be validated before any credentials are issued.
Patch review priority
Critical technical severity
- CVSS is at least 9.0; exploitation is not established by severity alone.
FIRST EPSS: 0.36% · percentile 29.1 · score date 2026-10-27.
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Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 9.4 · CRITICAL
- CVSS version
- 4.0
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-862
CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.
Known exploitation and remediation
Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Verify affected versions and patch availability in the vendor advisory before making changes.
Affected products and versions
cpe:2.3:a:apache:polaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Before (exclusive): 1.4.1
These are NVD CPE applicability entries. Some products depend on configuration conditions; consult the official record to confirm applicability.
Advisories and references
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/8tfsr8y7pgq6rdcvjx95hkcr47td671r
Mailing List · Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/10
Mailing List · Third Party Advisory