{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-50112", "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "apache", "dateReserved": "2026-06-03T15:48:58.143Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-21T08:29:41.036Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-21T08:29:41.036Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Apache CloudStack", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "4.20.3.0", "status": "affected", "version": "4.14.0.0", "versionType": "semver"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "4.22.1.0", "status": "affected", "version": "4.21.0.0", "versionType": "semver"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "reporter", "value": "K"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "reporter", "value": "Samy Ghannad <samy@samyghannad.com>"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "reporter", "value": "Katriel Moses <katriel.moses@gmail.com>"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "reporter", "value": "Venkatraman Kumar <venkatraman.kumar@securin.io>"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "reporter", "value": "\u0141ukasz Bawolski <Lukasz.Bawolski@exea.pl>"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<p><b>SSRF via Metalink Mirror URL Resolution:</b></p><p>An authenticated tenant can register a template pointing to an attacker-controlled metalink file containing internal targets. The Secondary Storage VM will retrieve the data and persist it as a template file, which can later be downloaded through normal APIs.</p><p><b>RCE on KVM hypervisor via NFS, Metalink files with/without Direct Downloads:</b></p><p>An authenticated CloudStack tenant holding the default User role can execute arbitrary shell commands as root on the KVM hypervisor host that runs other tenants' VMs. This is cross-tenant root on the underlying compute, reachable via the public CloudStack API.<br></p><p>When a User registers a VM template with directDownload=true and a URL pointing to a .metalink file, the management server fetches the metalink XML and dispatches download to the KVM agent. Inner URLs inside the metalink XML are never re-validated against the scheme allowlist.<br></p><p>These issues affect Apache CloudStack: from 4.14.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.</p><p>Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.</p>"}], "value": "SSRF via Metalink Mirror URL Resolution:\n\nAn authenticated tenant can register a template pointing to an attacker-controlled metalink file containing internal targets. The Secondary Storage VM will retrieve the data and persist it as a template file, which can later be downloaded through normal APIs.\n\nRCE on KVM hypervisor via NFS, Metalink files with/without Direct Downloads:\n\nAn authenticated CloudStack tenant holding the default User role can execute arbitrary shell commands as root on the KVM hypervisor host that runs other tenants' VMs. This is cross-tenant root on the underlying compute, reachable via the public CloudStack API.\n\n\nWhen a User registers a VM template with directDownload=true and a URL pointing to a .metalink file, the management server fetches the metalink XML and dispatches download to the KVM agent. Inner URLs inside the metalink XML are never re-validated against the scheme allowlist.\n\n\nThese issues affect Apache CloudStack: from 4.14.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue."}], "metrics": [{"other": {"content": {"text": "critical"}, "type": "Textual description of severity"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-78", "description": "CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-918", "description": "CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "shortName": "apache", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-21T08:29:41.036Z"}, "references": [{"tags": ["vendor-advisory"], "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/g6cwddtjrwbh1d56wjz4cfp3fzfm4kbc"}], "source": {"discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "Apache CloudStack: RCE and SSRF in direct download, metalink and NFS templates", "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.2.0"}}}}

{}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Apache CloudStack", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "4.20.3.0", "status": "affected", "version": "4.14.0.0", "versionType": "semver"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "4.22.1.0", "status": "affected", "version": "4.21.0.0", "versionType": "semver"}]}], "source": "security@apache.org"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "SSRF via Metalink Mirror URL Resolution:\n\nAn authenticated tenant can register a template pointing to an attacker-controlled metalink file containing internal targets. The Secondary Storage VM will retrieve the data and persist it as a template file, which can later be downloaded through normal APIs.\n\nRCE on KVM hypervisor via NFS, Metalink files with/without Direct Downloads:\n\nAn authenticated CloudStack tenant holding the default User role can execute arbitrary shell commands as root on the KVM hypervisor host that runs other tenants' VMs. This is cross-tenant root on the underlying compute, reachable via the public CloudStack API.\n\n\nWhen a User registers a VM template with directDownload=true and a URL pointing to a .metalink file, the management server fetches the metalink XML and dispatches download to the KVM agent. Inner URLs inside the metalink XML are never re-validated against the scheme allowlist.\n\n\nThese issues affect Apache CloudStack: from 4.14.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue."}], "id": "CVE-2026-50112", "lastModified": "2026-08-21T09:16:38.150", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-08-21T09:16:38.150", "references": [{"source": "security@apache.org", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/g6cwddtjrwbh1d56wjz4cfp3fzfm4kbc"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@apache.org", "vulnStatus": "Received", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-78"}, {"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-918"}], "source": "security@apache.org", "type": "Primary"}]}

{}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[4.14.0.0,4.20.3.0]"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[4.21.0.0,4.22.1.0]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 95.0, "confidence_source": "inferred", "scores": [{"score": 95.0, "source": "inferred"}, {"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Apache CloudStack", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation"}, "product": "cloudstack", "vendor": "apache"}], "created": "2026-08-21T09:15:05.156518+00:00", "updated": "2026-08-21T09:30:08.486289+00:00", "vendors": ["apache", "apache$PRODUCT$cloudstack"]}