Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core package, versions [3.0.0, 3.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHADOOP-1020811
  • published23 Oct 2020
  • disclosed22 Oct 2020
  • creditDaryn Sharp

Introduced: 22 Oct 2020

CVE-2018-11764  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core to version 3.0.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core is a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1