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CVE-2018-11766
In Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 to 2.7.6, the security fix for CVE-2016-6811 is incomplete. A user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run…
High8.8EPSS 3.2%
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Description
In Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 to 2.7.6, the security fix for CVE-2016-6811 is incomplete. A user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
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)
- 3.2% · top 12% 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
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Hadoop
- affected Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 to 2.7.6
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mainGHSA-rqj9-cq6j-958r (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- 106035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff37bbbe09d5f03090e2dd2c3dea95de16ef4249e731f19b8959ce4c%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-rqj9-cq6j-958r (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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