Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Unsanitized Topology Metadata in Apache Storm UI
Versions Affected: before 2.8.6
Description: The Storm UI visualization component interpolates topology metadata including component IDs, stream names, and grouping values directly into HTML via innerHTML in parseNode() and parseEdge() without sanitization at any layer. An authenticated user with topology submission rights could craft a topology containing malicious HTML/JavaScript in component identifiers (e.g., a bolt ID containing an onerror event handler). This payload flows through Nimbus → Thrift → the Visualization API → vis.js tooltip rendering, resulting in stored cross-site scripting.
In multi-tenant deployments where topology submission is available to less-trusted users but the UI is accessed by operators or administrators, this enables privilege escalation through script execution in an admin's browser session.
Mitigation: 2.x users should upgrade to 2.8.6. Users who cannot upgrade immediately should monkey-patch the parseNode() and parseEdge() functions in the visualization JavaScript file to HTML-escape all API-supplied values including nodeId, :capacity, :latency, :component, :stream, and :grouping before interpolation into tooltip HTML strings, and should additionally restrict topology submission to trusted users via Nimbus ACLs as a defense-in-depth measure. A guide on how to do this is available in the release notes of 2.8.6.
Credit: This issue was discovered while investigating another report by K.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://storm.apache.org/2026/04/12/storm286-released.html | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/12/7 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
15 Apr 2026, 15:53
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Apache
Apache storm |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:apache:storm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://storm.apache.org/2026/04/12/storm286-released.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/12/7 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
13 Apr 2026, 15:17
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4 |
13 Apr 2026, 10:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-13 10:16
Updated : 2026-04-15 15:53
NVD link : CVE-2026-35565
Mitre link : CVE-2026-35565
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35565
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apache
- storm
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
