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CVE-2012-1574
The Kerberos/MapReduce security functionality in Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 through 0.20.205.0, 0.23.x before 0.23.2, and 1.0.x before…
Medium6.5EPSS 4.8%
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- redhat
Description
The Kerberos/MapReduce security functionality in Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 through 0.20.205.0, 0.23.x before 0.23.2, and 1.0.x before 1.0.2, as used in Cloudera CDH CDH3u0 through CDH3u2, Cloudera hadoop-0.20-sbin before 0.20.2+923.197, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary cluster user accounts via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainGHSA-c6f9-4pmv-m7m6 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- 20120405 [CVE-2012-1574] Apache Hadoop user impersonation vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 48775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20120405 [CVE-2012-1574] Apache Hadoop user impersonation vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 48776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://ccp.cloudera.com/display/DOC/Cloudera+Security+Bulletin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c6f9-4pmv-m7m6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .