CVE-2018-1296
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.033 · 89 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0, 2.8.0 to 2.8.3, and 2.5.0 to 2.7.5, HDFS exposes extended attribute key/value pairs during listXAttrs, verifying only path-level search access to the directory rather than path-level read permission to the referent.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (30)
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- Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop≤ Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0, 2.8.0 to 2.8.3, 2.5.0 to 2.7.5enisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-v569-g72v-q434Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Hadoop2019-02-12ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.0, 2.9.0, 2.8.0 to 2.8.3, and 2.5.0 to 2.7.5, HDFS exposes extended attribute key/value pairs during listXAttrs, verifying only path-level search access to the directory rather than path-level read permission to the referent.
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references (8)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43905cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106764cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a5b15bc76fbdad2ee40761aacf954a13aeef67e305f86d483f267e8e@%3Cuser.hadoop.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1296cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106764enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a5b15bc76fbdad2ee40761aacf954a13aeef67e305f86d483f267e8e%40%3Cuser.hadoop.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106764Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a5b15bc76fbdad2ee40761aacf954a13aeef67e305f86d483f267e8e%40%3Cuser.hadoop.apache.org%3Envd
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