CVE-2018-11766

HIGH

Apache Hadoop <2.7.7 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106035

Mailing List x_refsource_misc

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff37bbbe09d5f03090e2dd2c3dea95de16ef4249e731f19b8959ce4c%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (2)

apache/hadoop 2.7.4 - 2.7.6

org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main 2.7.4 - 2.7.7Maven

Published Nov 27, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026