CVE-2021-41037

In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.

• CWE-829
• CWE-829

• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235

Published

Jul 8, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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