Improper Access Control in Apache Hadoop

Also known as GHSA-7q56-mp4c-gggg

Published 9 y ago 2016-11-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.1%

percentile 88%

Public exploits

none known

In Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, a remote user who can authenticate with the HDFS NameNode can possibly run arbitrary commands with the same privileges as the HDFS service.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`
GitHub	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
maven	`org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common`	>=2.6.0, <2.6.5 >=2.7.0, <2.7.3	2.6.5 2.7.3

Affected products

n/a Apache Hadoop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

mail-archives.apache.org /mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201611.mbox/%3CCAA0W1bTbUmUUSF1rjRpX-2DvWutcrPt7TJSWUcSLg1F0gyHG1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94574 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5393 · advisory

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-5393
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-7q56-mp4c-gggg
NVD: CVE-2016-5393

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Summary