CVE-2018-11764
highpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Web endpoint authentication check is broken in Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, and 3.0.0. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-4fh8-pm7g-pmxqAuthentication bypass in Apache Hadoop2022-02-10ghsa · osvUS
Web endpoint authentication check is broken in Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha4, 3.0.0-beta1, and 3.0.0. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11764cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11764cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r790ad0a049cde713b93589ecfd4dd2766fda0fc6807eedb6cf69f5c1%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3EMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0003/Third Party Advisorynvd
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