Summary
A SQL injection vulnerability in Centreon's ACL management functionality allows an authenticated user with ACL management access to influence database queries. Under those conditions, an attacker may read or modify data in the Centreon database.
A SQL injection vulnerability in Centreon's ACL management functionality allows an authenticated user with ACL management access to influence database queries. Under those conditions, an attacker may read or modify data in the Centreon database.
Affected context
The issue occurs in Centreon components responsible for managing access-control lists and related database operations. It becomes risky when an authenticated account has ACL management privileges and user-controlled values are incorporated into database queries without sufficient parameterization or validation.
The issue occurs in Centreon components responsible for managing access-control lists and related database operations. It becomes risky when an authenticated account has ACL management privileges and user-controlled values are incorporated into database queries without sufficient parameterization or validation.
Exploit preconditions
- Attack surface: Centreon ACL management functionality
- Required access: An authenticated account with access to manage ACLs
- Trigger point: Processing ACL management input that reaches database queries
- Why exploitation is possible: Insufficient separation between user-controlled input and SQL query structure may allow database statements to be altered
- Attack surface: Centreon ACL management functionality
- Required access: An authenticated account with access to manage ACLs
- Trigger point: Processing ACL management input that reaches database queries
- Why exploitation is possible: Insufficient separation between user-controlled input and SQL query structure may allow database statements to be altered
Why this happens
The underlying bug is an SQL injection condition in which application input is used to construct database queries without consistently using parameterized statements or equivalent safe query mechanisms. This maps to CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command, where input can affect the meaning of a database command rather than being treated strictly as data.
The underlying bug is an SQL injection condition in which application input is used to construct database queries without consistently using parameterized statements or equivalent safe query mechanisms. This maps to CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command, where input can affect the meaning of a database command rather than being treated strictly as data.
Potential impact
- An attacker may read sensitive Centreon database records
- An attacker could modify ACL definitions or other stored application data
- Database integrity and authorization data may be compromised
- The vulnerability can enable unauthorized changes to monitoring configuration
- Secondary compromise could occur if exposed data contains credentials or operational secrets
- An attacker may read sensitive Centreon database records
- An attacker could modify ACL definitions or other stored application data
- Database integrity and authorization data may be compromised
- The vulnerability can enable unauthorized changes to monitoring configuration
- Secondary compromise could occur if exposed data contains credentials or operational secrets
General mitigation guidance
Mitigation generally focuses on removing dynamic SQL construction from ACL management paths and reducing the trust placed in request parameters.
Common defensive patterns include:
- Use parameterized queries, prepared statements, or vetted query builders
- Apply allowlist validation for identifiers, operators, and ACL-related values
- Enforce authorization checks independently of database query construction
- Run the application with the minimum database permissions required
- Protect sensitive database fields and avoid storing unnecessary secrets
- Use secure-by-default data-access abstractions that separate query structure from values
Mitigation generally focuses on removing dynamic SQL construction from ACL management paths and reducing the trust placed in request parameters.
Common defensive patterns include:
- Use parameterized queries, prepared statements, or vetted query builders
- Apply allowlist validation for identifiers, operators, and ACL-related values
- Enforce authorization checks independently of database query construction
- Run the application with the minimum database permissions required
- Protect sensitive database fields and avoid storing unnecessary secrets
- Use secure-by-default data-access abstractions that separate query structure from values
How teams detect issues like this
Organizations can look for SQL injection risks through:
- Static analysis rules identifying string concatenation or interpolation in SQL statements
- Code review checks for database queries that directly consume request or form parameters
- Dynamic application testing focused on ACL management inputs and error-based query behavior
- Database audit logs showing unusual reads, updates, or query patterns from the Centreon application identity
- Policy enforcement requiring prepared statements or approved data-access libraries
Automated security review tools may help identify unsafe query construction, but findings should be validated against authorization and data-flow context.
Organizations can look for SQL injection risks through:
- Static analysis rules identifying string concatenation or interpolation in SQL statements
- Code review checks for database queries that directly consume request or form parameters
- Dynamic application testing focused on ACL management inputs and error-based query behavior
- Database audit logs showing unusual reads, updates, or query patterns from the Centreon application identity
- Policy enforcement requiring prepared statements or approved data-access libraries
Automated security review tools may help identify unsafe query construction, but findings should be validated against authorization and data-flow context.
Sources
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| github. | github.com/ |
| thewatch. | thewatch.centreon.comundefined |
