CVE-2022-26612

CRITICAL

Apache Hadoop < 3.2.3 - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Bypass on Windows

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Apache Hadoop, The unTar function uses unTarUsingJava function on Windows and the built-in tar utility on Unix and other OSes. As a result, a TAR entry may create a symlink under the expected extraction directory which points to an external directory. A subsequent TAR entry may extract an arbitrary file into the external directory using the symlink name. This however would be caught by the same targetDirPath check on Unix because of the getCanonicalPath call. However on Windows, getCanonicalPath doesn't resolve symbolic links, which bypasses the check. unpackEntries during TAR extraction follows symbolic links which allows writing outside expected base directory on Windows. This was addressed in Apache Hadoop 3.2.3

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.apache.org/thread/hslo7wzw2449gv1jyjk8g6ttd7935fyz
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220519-0004/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 44.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (4)
apache/hadoop 3.3.1
apache/hadoop 3.3.2
apache/hadoop < 3.2.3
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-common 3.2.0 - 3.2.3Maven
Published Apr 07, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026