CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5636

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Oct 19, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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In Apache NiFi before 0.7.2 and 1.x before 1.1.2 in a cluster environment, the proxy chain serialization/deserialization is vulnerable to an injection attack where a carefully crafted username could impersonate another user and gain their permissions on a replicated request to another node.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NifiApache0.7.0 (including)0.7.0 (including)
NifiApache0.7.1 (including)0.7.1 (including)
NifiApache1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
NifiApache1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References