CVE-2018-11765
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.052 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha2 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.2, 2.8.0 to 2.8.5, any users can access some servlets without authentication when Kerberos authentication is enabled and SPNEGO through HTTP is not enabled.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.5
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-rhh9-cm65-3w54Improper Authentication in Apache Hadoop2021-04-30ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha2 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.2, 2.8.0 to 2.8.5, any users can access some servlets without authentication when Kerberos authentication is enabled and SPNEGO through HTTP is not enabled.
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references (41)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11765cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r17d94d132b207dad221595fd8b8b18628f5f5ec7e3f5be939ecd8928@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2c7f899911a04164ed1707083fcd4135f8427e04778c87d83509b0da%40%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r46447f38ea8c89421614e9efd7de5e656186d35e10fc97cf88477a01@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4dddf1705dbedfa94392913b2dad1cd2d1d89040facd389eea0b3510@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74825601e93582167eb7cdc2f764c74c9c6d8006fa90018562fda60f@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79b15c5b66c6df175d01d7560adf0cd5c369129b9a161905e0339927@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb21df54a4e39732ce653d2aa5672e36a792b59eb6717f2a06bb8d02a@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
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