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CVE-2018-11764
Web endpoint authentication check is broken in Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, and 3.0.0. Authenticated users may impersonate any…
High8.8EPSS 2.4%
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Description
Web endpoint authentication check is broken in Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, and 3.0.0. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (5 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
- Privilege Escalation
- CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-306 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Hadoop
- affected Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, 3.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainGHSA-4fh8-pm7g-pmxq (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/ (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-4fh8-pm7g-pmxq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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