Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-client package, versions [2.0.0-alpha, 2.10.1)[3.0.0-alpha1, 3.1.4)[3.2.0, 3.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHADOOP-1065272
  • published27 Jan 2021
  • disclosed27 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-9492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-client to version 2.10.1, 3.1.4, 3.2.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-client is an Apache Hadoop HDFS Client.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The WebHDFS client might send a SPNEGO authorisation header to a remote URL without proper verification. A malicious user could trigger services to send server credentials to a WebHDFS path thereby capturing the service principal.

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