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CVE-2016-5393
In Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, a remote user who can authenticate with the HDFS NameNode can possibly run…
High8.8EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
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- redhat
Description
In Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, a remote user who can authenticate with the HDFS NameNode can possibly run arbitrary commands with the same privileges as the HDFS service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- arbitrary command execution
- CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Apache Hadoop
- affected Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5, 2.7.x before 2.7.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-commonGHSA-7q56-mp4c-gggg (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-7q56-mp4c-gggg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .