CVE-2018-11764

HIGH

Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, 3.0.0 - Authenticated User Impersonation via Broken Web Endpoint Authentication

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 39.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-306

Status published

Products (2)

apache/hadoop 3.0.0 (3 CPE variants)

org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main 3.0.0-alpha4 - 3.0.1Maven

Published Oct 21, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026