CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-11765

Improper Authentication

Published: Sep 30, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Hadoop Apache 2.8.0 (including) 2.8.5 (including)
Hadoop Apache 2.9.0 (including) 2.9.2 (including)
Hadoop Apache 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.0 (including)
Hadoop Apache 3.0.0-alpha2 (including) 3.0.0-alpha2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References