Gotham CerberusApplication · Palantir

CVE-2023-30962

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-09-12
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Gotham Cerberus service was found to have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker with access to Gotham to launch attacks against other users. This vulnerability is resolved in Cerberus 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 .

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gotham Cerberus service where malicious scripts can be injected and persistently stored, affecting users who view the compromised content. Requires attacker to have access to Gotham to inject the payload.

MitigationUpgrade to Cerberus version 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 or later. Implement input validation and output encoding as defense-in-depth measures.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Gotham CerberusApplication
Affected:< 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate Cerberus version
    Check the installed Cerberus service version using the Palantir Gotham administration console or by querying the Cerberus service directly via its API/CLI tools
    Affected if Version is below 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58
  2. Verify Cerberus service is running
    Confirm the Gotham Cerberus service is active and accessible in your environment
    Affected if Cerberus service is enabled and running with a vulnerable version
  3. Identify user input entry points
    Review Cerberus configuration to identify where user-supplied data can be stored and displayed (e.g., custom fields, annotations, metadata)
    Affected if Cerberus accepts and stores user-provided content that gets rendered without proper sanitization

You are affected if Palantir Gotham Cerberus is running with a version lower than 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 and the service stores user input that gets rendered in web interfaces.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 or later
Fixed in 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to Cerberus version 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58 or later. Implement input validation and output encoding as defense-in-depth measures.

Recommended fix High confidence

Cerberus 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58

  1. Identify the current version of Gotham Cerberus currently deployed
  2. Plan and schedule an upgrade window
  3. Upgrade Gotham Cerberus to version 100.230704.0-27-g031dd58
  4. Verify the upgrade was successful and the service is operational
  5. Test that the stored XSS vulnerability is no longer exploitable

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Gotham Cerberus Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,640
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