CVE-2018-17190
CRITICALApache Spark - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Master Host
Title source: llmDescription
In all versions of Apache Spark, its standalone resource manager accepts code to execute on a 'master' host, that then runs that code on 'worker' hosts. The master itself does not, by design, execute user code. A specially-crafted request to the master can, however, cause the master to execute code too. Note that this does not affect standalone clusters with authentication enabled. While the master host typically has less outbound access to other resources than a worker, the execution of code on the master is nevertheless unexpected.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105976
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-21
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0121
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
apache/spark
org.apache.spark/spark-core_2.10
0Maven
org.apache.spark/spark-core_2.11
0Maven
Published
Nov 19, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026