CVE-2017-5636
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-jrcc-7jf5-3pxgInjection in Apache NiFi2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.
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references (6)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96731cnnvd
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5636cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96731enisa_euvd
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5636enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96731Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-5636Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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