CVE-2018-11760
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
When using PySpark , it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application. This affects versions 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0 to 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 to 2.3.1.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
weaknesses
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affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Spark≤ Apache Spark 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0 to 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 to 2.3.1enisa_euvdEU
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-fvxv-9xxr-h7wjPyspark User Impersonation Vulnerability2019-02-07ghsa · osvUS
When using PySpark , it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application. This affects versions 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0 to 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 to 2.3.1.
- PYSEC-2019-1692019-02-04vendor · osvUS
When using PySpark , it's possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application. This affects versions 1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.0 to 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 to 2.3.1.
also known as (7)
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43911cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106786cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106786Thirdcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d015e56b3a3da968f86e0b6acc69f17ecc16b499389e12d8255bf6e@%3Ccommits.spark.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a86ee93d07b6f61b82b61a28049aed311f5cc9420d26cc95f1a9de7b@%3Cuser.spark.apache.org%3EMailingcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11760cnnvd
- https://spark.apache.org/security.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10884104cnnvd
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