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Apache HadoopGHSA-mf7c-35mq-75pj

Insecure Inherited Permissions in Apache Hadoop

Apache Hadoop

CVE-2016-6811 · Published May 14, 2022 · updated Nov 8, 2023

High8.8
Fix: upgrade to 2.7.4 or later
GitHub advisory

In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common
Maven
>= 2.0.0-alpha, < 2.7.42.7.4
Details and references
CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-277
Also known as
CVE-2016-6811

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