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CVE-2017-3161
The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.
Medium6.1EPSS 3.9%
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Description
The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.8% 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: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Hadoop
- affected 2.6.x and earlier
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-clientGHSA-qm7f-r83w-3p46 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- 98025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-dev] 20170425 CVE-2017-3161: Apache Hadoop NameNode XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-user] 20200604 Re: CVE-2017-3161 & CVE-2017-3162 | WhiteSource (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [flink-user] 20210703 Re: owasp-dependency-check is flagging flink 1.13 for scala 2.12.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-qm7f-r83w-3p46 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .