Apache Storm it is possible for the owner of a topology to trick the supervisor to launch a worker as a different, non-root, user

Also known as GHSA-x825-rjww-2245

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-09 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

4.9%

percentile 92%

Public exploits

none known

It was found that under some situations and configurations of Apache Storm 1.x before 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1, it is theoretically possible for the owner of a topology to trick the supervisor to launch a worker as a different, non-root, user. In the worst case this could lead to secure credentials of the other user being compromised.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
maven	`org.apache.storm:storm-core`	>=1.1.0, <1.1.1 >=1.0.0, <1.0.4	1.1.1 1.0.4

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Storm

References

lists.apache.org /thread.html/b9125bf507ed6f2ca6e85ba1a4b44e232aa70eeddfba2a9d8a954127%40%3Cdev.storm.apach · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/100235 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1039116 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9799 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-x825-rjww-2245 · advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/b9125bf507ed6f2ca6e85ba1a4b44e232aa70eeddfba2a9d8a954127@%3Cdev.storm.apache. · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-9799
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-x825-rjww-2245
NVD: CVE-2017-9799

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